Drab
[dræb]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) lacking brightness or color; dull; 'drab faded curtains'; 'sober Puritan grey'; 'children in somber brown clothes' .
(adj.) 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' .
埃尔莎整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A low, sluttish woman.
(n.) A lewd wench; a strumpet.
(n.) A wooden box, used in salt works for holding the salt when taken out of the boiling pans.
(v. i.) To associate with strumpets; to wench.
(n.) A kind of thick woolen cloth of a dun, or dull brownish yellow, or dull gray, color; -- called also drabcloth.
(n.) A dull brownish yellow or dull gray color.
(a.) Of a color between gray and brown.
(n.) A drab color.
校對:米利森特
同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Strumpet, courtesan, DOXY.[2]. Slut, draggle-tail, low woman.
a. Dun, dull brown.
黛拉校對
解釋/意思:
n. a low sluttish woman: a whore.—v.i. to associate with bad women.—ns. Drab′ber one who herds with drabs; Drab′biness.—adjs. Drab′bish Drab′by sluttish.
n. thick strong gray cloth: a gray or dull-brown colour perh. from the muddy colour of undyed wool.
錄入:莉娜
例句/造句/用法:
- Stanley Hopkins drew from his pocket a drab-covered notebook. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- He was habited in a coarse, striped waistcoat, with black calico sleeves, and blue glass buttons; drab breeches and leggings. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Rendered complete by drab pantaloons and a buff waistcoat, I thought Mr. Barkis a phenomenon of respectability. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- They looked very well in their simple suits, Meg's in silvery drab, with a blue velvet snood, lace frills, and the pearl pin. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- He was a short, bald old man, in a high-shouldered black coat and waistcoat, drab breeches, and long drab gaiters. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- He was dressed in a long brown surtout, with a black cloth waistcoat, and drab trousers. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- I'll put a white hat and drab coat on to-morrow. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- I began well; and, but for babbling drabs, I would have finished as I began! 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
校對:威尔默