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BNC: 11332 COCA: 15038

drab

adjective
/dræb/
/dræb/
(comparative drabber, superlative drabbest)
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  1. 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 Examples
    • She looked drab and ordinary today.她今天看起来单调而平凡。
    • The costumes were pretty drab.服装相当单调。
    • several depressingly drab paintings几幅单调得令人沮丧的画
    • 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.他们发现这个世界单调而压抑。
    Topics Feelingsc2
    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.
BNC: 11332 COCA: 15038
BNC: 11332 COCA: 15038
drab

adjective

drab ♦︎ grey ♦︎ featureless ♦︎ nondescript ♦︎ colourlessThese words all describe things or people that are not interesting or unusual so that you do not notice or remember them. 这些词均表示平淡无奇的、无趣的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a drab / grey / featureless / colourless world◆a drab / grey / featureless landscape◆a drab / featureless / nondescript building◆a drab / featureless room◆drab / featureless corridors / walls◆a grey / nondescript / colourless man◆rather drab / grey / featureless / nondescript / colourless■ drab (especially of a place) without interest or bright colour （尤指场所）无吸引力的，无光彩的◆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。■ grey (especially BrE) (NAmE usually gray) (of a person or life) not interesting, unusual or attractive in any way （人）无趣的；（生活）单调乏味的◆Ours is a company that isn't run by grey men in suits.我们公司不是由那些身穿套装、沉闷无趣的人所经营的。◆It is thought of as a city of grey bureaucracy.那一城市被认为是实行死板官僚体制的地方。■ featureless (especially of a place) without any noticeable features or qualities （尤指场所）没有特色的，平淡无奇的◆It is a barren and featureless wasteland.那是一片贫瘠且毫无特色的荒原。■ nondescript ˈnɒndɪskrɪpt; NAmE ˈnɑːndɪskrɪpt(of a person or place) without any interesting or unusual features or qualities （人）平庸的，无个性的；（场所）无特色的◆He wore a shabby suit and looked thoroughly nondescript.他穿了一身破旧的套装，看上去毫无个性。◆It was a bare landscape occasionally interrupted by nondescript villages.那是一片荒芜的原野，偶然可以看到几个毫不起眼的村落。■ colourless (BrE) (NAmE colorless) without any interesting features or qualities; showing, or making people feel, no emotion 无趣的；枯燥的；缺乏情趣的◆He was a small, colourless man who worked as a clerk.他是个身材矮小、缺乏情趣的人，担任文书工作。◆'I suppose so,' she said in a colourless voice.“我想是这样吧。”她语调平板地说。◆Too many passive verbs make for flabby, colourless prose.过多使用被动语态会使散文软塌无力，毫无生气。ⓘ Colourless is used especially to describe sb's personality or voice, or a piece of writing. * colourless尤用于形容人的性格或声音，或文字作品。 OPP colourful ⇨ coloured
BNC: 11332 COCA: 15038
drab
Not interesting or exciting: boring, dull, tedious...

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