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Drab Dull Olive Sense Word Boring Color Dræb

Front drab
Pron [dræb]
Back 【drab】
adj.1.暗黄色;土褐色 2.单调的;枯涩的
There are many drab houses in the smoky mining town.
冒烟的矿城内有许多土褐色的房子。
The life of a person who never does anything is dull and drab.
一个从未做过任何事的人的生活是索然无味的。
Vocab
draba dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown

Dull, dreary, dingy, depressing: These adjectives capture the sense of drab, whether the word is used to describe a muted color, a miserable mood, or an oppressively boring existence.

Have you ever heard of the color olive drab? It's the color the military clothes its soldiers in and is the original meaning of the word drab. A little over 100 years ago, people began using drab in the metaphorical sense to mean "dull" and "lacking brightness." If a website or an advertisement is drab, the page is boring and unattractive. If it is cold and rainy for a week, you'll get awfully tired of those drab days, and a great teacher can make even the drabbest book come to life.

All forms of 'drab' will appear on average once every 2071 pages.
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