(drabber, drabbest)
1
- lacking brightness or interest; drearily dull无光彩的; 缺少情趣的, 单调乏味的：
the landscape was drab and grey
景色灰暗
her drab suburban existence.
她那郊区的单调乏味的生活。
2
- of a dull light brown colour黄褐色的; 浅褐色的：
drab camouflage uniforms.
黄褐色迷彩服。
mass noun
1- fabric of a dull brownish colour褐色布, 本色布。
1.1
drabs
clothes, especially trousers, made of such fabric褐色布服装（尤指裤子）：a young man dressed in drabs.
一个身穿褐色衣服的年轻男子。
派生词
drably
adverbdrabness
noun词源
mid 16th cent. (as a noun denoting undyed cloth)： probably from Old French drap 'cloth' （see DRAPE）.