drab
英式音标：[dræb] 怎么读
美式音标：[dræb] 怎么读
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drab概况
adj. 单调的；土褐色的
n. 浅褐色；无生气；邋遢；小额
vt. 使无生气
vi. 嫖妓
n. (Drab)人名；(匈)德劳布；(法)德拉布
drab词义
adj.
单调的；土褐色的；
n.
乏味，单调；无生气；
vi.
嫖妓；
英英释义
drab[ dræb ]
n.a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown
同义词：olive drab
adj.
lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise
"her drab personality"; "life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas"
同义词：dreary
lacking brightness or color; dull
"drab faded curtains"
同义词：sobersombersombre
of a light brownish green color
同义词：olive-drab
causing dejection
同义词：bluedarkdepressingdingydisconsolatedismaldispiritinggloomygrimsorrydreardreary
drab用法
词组短语
dribs and drabs点点滴滴；片断
双语例句
用作形容词(adj.)
There are many drab houses in the smoky mining town.
冒烟的矿内有许多土褐色的房子。
The female is generally drab, the male per contra brilliant.
一般来说雌性是黄褐色的，而雄性是色彩鲜明的。
The landscape is drab and infested with brick ovens.
景色单调，惟见砖窑遍布。
The life of a person who never does anything is dull and drab.
如果一个人的一生什么事情都没有做是多么迟钝和单调。
用作名词(n.)
She pay me in drib and drab, not all at once.
她零零星星地付给我钱，而不是一次付清。
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drab词源
drab
drab: [16] Drab is a variant of the now obsolete form drap, which was borrowed from Old French drap ‘cloth’ (source also of English drape, draper, and trappings). It was originally a noun meaning ‘cloth’ in English too, but the beginnings of its transition to the modern English adjective meaning ‘faded and dull’ can be seen in the 17th century.The word came to be used particularly for natural undyed cloth, of a dull yellowish-brown colour, and hence for the colour itself (an application best preserved in the olive-drab colour of American service uniforms). The figurative development to ‘dull and faded’ is a comparatively recent one, first recorded a little over a hundred years ago.=> drape, trappings
drab (n.)
1680s, "color of natural, undyed cloth," from Middle French drap "cloth, piece of cloth" (see drape (v.)). Figurative sense is c. 1880. Apparently not related to earlier word drab, meaning "a dirty, untidy woman" (1510s), "a prostitute" (1520s), which might be related to Irish drabog, Gaelic drabag "dirty woman," or perhaps it is connected with Low German drabbe "dirt;" compare drabble (Middle English drabelen) "to soil (something); trail in the mud or on the ground" (c. 1400). Ultimately perhaps from PIE *dher- (1) "to make muddy." Meaning "small, petty debt" (the sense in dribs and drabs) is 1828, of uncertain connection to the other senses.
drab造句
1. a drab and boring job;
枯燥乏味的工作；
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考
2. Shabby, drab, or squalid.
褴褛的褴褛的，单调的或邋遢的
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考
3. olive drab
草绿色, 草黄色;草绿色布[呢绒制服]
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考
4. drab houses with no character
没有特色的单调房屋.
-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考
5. olive drab [OD]
橄榄色冬季制服
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]
6. OD [olive drab]
橄榄色
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]
7. A drab personality.
乏味的个性
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考
8. dressed in drab colours
衣着色彩灰暗.
-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考
9. unexciting; drab
单调乏味
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]
10. olive drab(O.D)
草黄色
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]