drab 音标拼音: [dr'æb]
n . 黄褐色;邋遢女人,娼妓
黄褐色;邋遢女人,娼妓
drab adj 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 " [
synonym : {
drab }, {
dreary }]
2 :
lacking brightness or color ;
dull ; "
drab faded curtains ";
"
sober Puritan grey "; "
children in somber brown clothes "
[
synonym : {
drab }, {
sober }, {
somber }, {
sombre }]
3 :
of a light brownish green color [
synonym : {
olive -
drab }, {
drab }]
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 " [
synonym : {
blue },
{
dark }, {
dingy }, {
disconsolate }, {
dismal }, {
gloomy }, {
grim },
{
sorry }, {
drab }, {
drear }, {
dreary }]
n 1 :
a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown [
synonym :
{
olive drab }, {
drab }]
Drab \
Drab \,
a .
Of a color between gray and brown . --
n .
A drab color .
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1913 Webster ]
Drab \
Drab \ (
dr [
a ^]
b ),
n . [
AS .
drabbe dregs ,
lees ;
akin to D .
drab ,
drabbe ,
dregs ,
G .
treber ;
for sense 1 ,
cf .
also Gael .
drabag a slattern ,
drabach slovenly .
Cf . {
Draff }.]
1 .
A low ,
sluttish woman . --
King .
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2 .
A lewd wench ;
a strumpet . --
Shak .
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3 .
A wooden box ,
used in salt works for holding the salt when taken out of the boiling pans .
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Drab \
Drab \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Drabbed };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Drabbing }.]
To associate with strumpets ;
to wench . --
Beau . &
Fl .
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1913 Webster ]
Drab \
Drab \,
n . [
F .
drap cloth :
LL .
drappus ,
trapus ,
perh .
orig .,
a firm ,
solid stuff ,
cf .
F .
draper to drape ,
also to full cloth ;
prob .
of German origin ;
cf .
Icel .
drepa to beat ,
strike ,
AS .
drepan ,
G .
treffen ;
perh .
akin to E .
drub .
Cf .
{
Drape }, {
Trappings }.]
1 .
A kind of thick woolen cloth of a dun ,
or dull brownish yellow ,
or dull gray ,
color ; --
called also {
drabcloth }.
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
A dull brownish yellow or dull gray color .
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1913 Webster ]
94 Moby Thesaurus words for "
drab ":
bag ,
bat ,
bawd ,
beige ,
beldam ,
biddy ,
bleak ,
boring ,
brown ,
brownish ,
brownish -
yellow ,
brunet ,
cheerless ,
chocolate ,
cinnamon ,
cocoa ,
cocoa -
brown ,
coffee ,
coffee -
brown ,
colorless ,
crone ,
cruiser ,
dead ,
deadened ,
desolate ,
dingy ,
dismal ,
dispiriting ,
dowdy ,
dreary ,
dull ,
dun ,
dun -
brown ,
dun -
drab ,
ecru ,
faded ,
fawn ,
fawn -
colored ,
fille de joie ,
flat ,
fuscous ,
gray ,
grege ,
grey ,
hag ,
harlot ,
hazel ,
hooker ,
humdrum ,
hustler ,
khaki ,
lackluster ,
lifeless ,
lurid ,
lusterless ,
mat ,
monotonous ,
muddy ,
murky ,
nightwalker ,
nut -
brown ,
olive -
brown ,
olive -
drab ,
prosaic ,
prosy ,
repetitive ,
same ,
samely ,
seal ,
seal -
brown ,
sepia ,
slut ,
snuff -
colored ,
somber ,
sorrel ,
streetwalker ,
subfusc ,
tan ,
taupe ,
tawny ,
tedious ,
toast ,
toast -
brown ,
traipse ,
trot ,
umber ,
umber -
colored ,
unrelieved ,
walnut ,
walnut -
brown ,
wan ,
whore ,
witch ,
yellowish -
brown
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DRAB Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of DRAB is characterized by dullness and monotony : cheerless How to use drab in a sentence
DRAB | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary DRAB definition: 1 boring, especially in appearance; having little colour and excitement: 2 boring, especially in… Learn more
DRAB Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Drab definition: dull; cheerless; lacking in spirit, brightness, etc See examples of DRAB used in a sentence
Drab - definition of drab by The Free Dictionary To consort with prostitutes: "Even amid his drabbing, he himself retained some virginal airs" (Stanislaus Joyce) [Possibly of Celtic origin (akin to Scottish Gaelic dràbag Irish Gaelic drabóg, slattern) or from Dutch drab, dregs ]
DRAB definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary If you describe something as drab, you think that it is dull and boring to look at or experience Mary was wearing the same drab grey dress his drab little office The rest of the day's activities often seemed drab or depressing
drab adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and . . . Definition of drab adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
drab - Wiktionary, the free dictionary Just for those who may not be aware of the term, “drab” is how you might describe a transgendered person (including transsexuals, crossdressers, drag queens, etc ) that is presenting as their birth sex