drab

noun

1. a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown

Synonym: olive drab

adj

1. causing dejection

e.g. 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

Synonym: bluedarkdingydisconsolatedismalgloomygrimsorrydreardreary

2. of a light brownish green color

Synonym: olive-drab

3. lacking brightness or color
dull

e.g. drab faded curtains
sober Puritan grey
children in somber brown clothes

Synonym: sobersombersombre

4. lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise

e.g. her drab personality
life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas
a series of dreary dinner parties

Synonym: dreary

1. 单调乏味的;缺乏生气的
If you describe something as drab, you think that it is dull and boring to look at or experience.

e.g. Mary was wearing the same drab grey dress.
玛丽穿着同一件毫无朝气的灰色裙子。
e.g. ...his drab little office...
他死气沉沉的小办公室

2. see also: dribs and drabs

1. 黄褐：紫褐 puce | 黄褐 drab; fulvouos;cinnamon;ocher;tawny;russet brown | 栗褐 chestnut brown

2. drab的近义词

2. 土褐色：dove 鸽子;乳白色 | drab 土褐色 | dry rose 浅紫色

3. 土褐色的：Dr. 博士 | drab 土褐色的 | drabbet 亚麻布

4. 原色厚斜纹布：Dozine 多果定 | drab 原色厚斜纹布 | draba nemorosa linnei 葶苈子