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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單調乏味的；無光彩的；無生氣的
    • She longed to be out of the cold, drab little office.她渴望離開那個冷冰冰的小辦公室。
    • drab women, dressed in browns and greys身着棕灰二色衣服毫無光彩的女人
    Extra Examples
    • She looked drab and ordinary today.她今天看起來單調而平凡。
    • The costumes were pretty drab.服裝相當單調。
    • several depressingly drab paintings幾幅單調得令人沮喪的畫
    • the drab grey walls of the prison監獄單調的灰色牆壁
    • their drab little lives他們單調的小生活
    • She was led through the drab corridors of the administration block.她被領着穿過行政大樓單調的走廊。
    • They found the world drab and depressing.他們發現這個世界單調而壓抑。
    Topics Feelingsc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryDrab is used with these nouns:
    • brown
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    More Like This Consonant-doubling adjectivesConsonant-doubling adjectives
    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. 這些詞均表示平淡無奇的、無趣的。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 （尤指場所）無吸引力的，無光彩的◆She longed to be out of the cold, drab little office.她渴望離開那個冷冰冰的小辦公室。■ grey (especially BrE) (NAmE usually gray) (of a person or life) not interesting, unusual or attractive in any way （人）無趣的；（生活）單調乏味的◆Ours is a company that isn't run by grey men in suits.我們公司不是由那些身穿套裝、沉悶無趣的人所經營的。◆It is thought of as a city of grey bureaucracy.那一城市被認爲是實行死板官僚體制的地方。■ featureless (especially of a place) without any noticeable features or qualities （尤指場所）沒有特色的，平淡無奇的◆It is a barren and featureless wasteland.那是一片貧瘠且毫無特色的荒原。■ nondescript ˈnɒndɪskrɪpt; NAmE ˈnɑːndɪskrɪpt(of a person or place) without any interesting or unusual features or qualities （人）平庸的，無個性的；（場所）無特色的◆He wore a shabby suit and looked thoroughly nondescript.他穿了一身破舊的套裝，看上去毫無個性。◆It was a bare landscape occasionally interrupted by nondescript villages.那是一片荒蕪的原野，偶然可以看到幾個毫不起眼的村落。■ colourless (BrE) (NAmE colorless) without any interesting features or qualities; showing, or making people feel, no emotion 無趣的；枯燥的；缺乏情趣的◆He was a small, colourless man who worked as a clerk.他是個身材矮小、缺乏情趣的人，擔任文書工作。◆'I suppose so,' she said in a colourless voice.“我想是這樣吧。”她語調平板地說。◆Too many passive verbs make for flabby, colourless prose.過多使用被動語態會使散文軟塌無力，毫無生氣。ⓘ Colourless is used especially to describe sb's personality or voice, or a piece of writing. * colourless尤用於形容人的性格或聲音，或文字作品。 OPP colourful ⇨ coloured
BNC: 11332 COCA: 15038
drab
Not interesting or exciting: boring, dull, tedious...

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