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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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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