drab
adjective/dræb/
/dræb/
(comparative drabber, superlative drabbest)
- without interest or colour; boring
单调乏味的；无光彩的；无生气的 - She longed to be out of the cold, drab little office.
她渴望离开那个冷冰冰的小办公室。 - drab women, dressed in browns and greys
身着棕灰二色衣服毫无光彩的女人
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsc2- She looked drab and ordinary today.
她今天看上去单调而平凡。 - The costumes were pretty drab.
服装相当单调。 - several depressingly drab paintings
几幅令人沮丧的单调画作 - the drab grey walls of the prison
监狱单调的灰色墙壁 - their drab little lives
他们单调的小生活 - She was led through the drab corridors of the administration block.
她被领着穿过行政大楼单调的走廊。 - They found the world drab and depressing.
他们发现世界单调而压抑。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDrab is used with these nouns:- brown
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Word Originmid 16th cent. (as a noun denoting ‘undyed cloth’): probably from Old French drap ‘cloth’, from late Latin drappus. - She longed to be out of the cold, drab little office.