drab

• adj.土褐色的；单调的；乏味的
• n.邋遢女人；娼妓；少量

1. a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown

1. 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"
   

2. lacking brightness or color; dull;

   "drab faded curtains"
   "sober Puritan grey"
   "children in somber brown clothes"
   

3. of a light brownish green color

4. 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"
   

1. There are many drab houses in the smoky mining town.
   冒烟的矿内有许多土褐色的房子。
2. 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。
3. The landscape is drab and infested with brick ovens.
   景色单调，惟见砖窑遍布。
4. 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。

1. 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。

dull 呆滞的
lifeless 无生命的
unattractive 无魅力的
flat 平坦的
dreary 沉闷的
sombre 昏暗的
dingy 肮脏的
gloomy 阴暗的
somber 微暗的
uninteresting 无趣味的
unexciting 不令人兴奋的...
monotonous 单调的
boring 令人厌烦的
dowdy 过时的
grey 灰色的
cheerless 沉闷的
plain 清楚的
gray 灰色的
grim 严厉的
olive-drab 深绿褐色的
drear 阴沉的
olive drab 草绿色
blue 蓝色的
sorry 对不起的
disconsolate 忧郁的
dismal 阴沉的
sober 清醒的
dark 黑暗的