drab

adj. 土褐色的；單調的；乏味的

n. 邋遢女人；娼妓；少量

英語翻譯

Noun:

Adjective:

lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise;
\\\"her drab personality\\\"
\\\"life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas\\\"
\\\"a series of dreary dinner parties\\\"
lacking brightness or color; dull;
\\\"drab faded curtains\\\"
\\\"sober Puritan grey\\\"
\\\"children in somber brown clothes\\\"
of a light brownish green color
causing dejection;
\\\"a blue day\\\"
\\\"the dark days of the war\\\"
\\\"a week of rainy depressing weather\\\"
\\\"a disconsolate winter landscape\\\"
\\\"the first dismal dispiriting days of November\\\"
\\\"a dark gloomy day\\\"
\\\"grim rainy weather\\\"

造句

用作形容詞(adj.)

There are many drab houses in the smoky mining town.
冒煙的礦內有許多土褐色的房子。
The female is generally drab, the male per contra brilliant.
一般來說雌性是黃褐色的，而雄性是色彩鮮明的。
The landscape is drab and infested with brick ovens.
景色單調，惟見磚窯遍布。
The life of a person who never does anything is dull and drab.
如果一個人的一生什么事情都沒有做是多么遲鈍和單調。

用作名詞(n.)

常用短語

組詞

He was so handsome that Francie felt like a dark drab alongside of him.
出自：Betty Smith
Woe to white gowns! Woe to black! Drab was your only wear.
出自：M. R. Mitford

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