lacking brightness or interest; drearily dull 无光彩的;无趣的,单调乏味的 the landscape was drab and grey. 景色灰暗。 her drab suburban existence. 她单调乏味的郊区生活。
of a dull light brown colour 黄褐色的;浅褐色的 drab camouflage uniforms. 黄褐色迷彩服。
noun
[mass noun]fabric of a dull brownish colour 褐色布,本色布 ■(drabs)clothes, especially trousers, made of such fabric 褐色布服装(尤指裤子) a young man dressed in drabs. 一个身穿褐色衣服的年轻男子。
派生 drably adverb drabness noun 语源
mid 16th cent. (as a noun denoting undyed cloth): probably from Old French drap 'cloth' (see drape)
drab2 noun (archaic)(古)
a slovenly woman 邋遢女人
a prostitute 娼妓
语源
early 16th cent.: perhaps related to Low German drabbe 'mire' and Dutch drab 'dregs'