Now, though, they were drab and brown.

但现在，它们是单调的棕色。

Drab means dull and colourless in appearance.

“单调的”是指外表黯淡、没有色彩。

Here it is with the pronoun one: That picture's a little drab. I like that other one better.

以下是和代词 one 连用的例子：那幅画有点单调，我更喜欢那个。

In practice this often meant drab high-rises built with cheap aluminium frames.

在实践中，这通常是指用廉价铝框架建造的死气沉沉的高层建筑。

After painting two walls, I looked up and realized the color was terribly drab.

刷完两面墙后，我抬头看，发现这个颜色非常单调。

Coming out of that experience would make reality seem dull and drab by comparison.

相比之下，从这种体验中出来，现实就会显得单调乏味。

The final stop was the Sony factory, located in a drab suburb of Tokyo.

参观的最后一站是坐落在东京一处死气沉沉的郊区的索尼工厂。

They were kind of a drab colour and didn't have a very interesting song.

它们的颜色有点单调，歌声也不是很动听。

Although some tanager species do emphasize oration over attire, like the aptly named drab hemispingus.

一些唐纳雀品种，就像它恰当的名字褐拟雀一样歌喉胜过外表。

Sophie had seen that quilt. It was scratchy and drab. Not fit for a baby.

索菲见过被子。它沙哑而单调。不适合宝宝。

Most of the famous buildings are quite far apart, separated by rows of drab, ordinary buildings.

那些著名的建筑多数都相距很远，中间隔着一排排单调普通的楼房。

Some, like its drab online presence and recent uninventiveness, which Mr Simons is to tackle, are being reversed.

有些东西，比如其单调乏味的网络形象，以及西蒙斯将要解决的近期缺乏创造力的问题，正在反向发展。

Often, the mineral involved is kinda drab, but sometimes the conditions are just right to produce something spectacular.

通常，参与其中的矿物有些单调，但有时时机正好，从而会产生一些珍品。

Right now the box we sell our products in seems a little drab and colorless.

现在我们销售产品的盒子看起来有点单调和无色。

Don't do it in dribs and drabs.

不要一点一点地做。

And so little dribs and drabs of information came out.

就这么点点滴滴的信息出来了。

I refuse to ride on a drab float.

我才不要坐这么单调的花车。

The drab sparrow no one has time for.

没人有空搭理的乏味妇女。

But still, the place you live in is that much more drab and empty that they're gone.

但是，你还要生活在这个他离开的、枯燥无聊的地方。

The West's finest shops are as dazzling as ordering on Amazon is drab.

逛西方最高档的实体店铺令人眼花缭乱，与在亚马逊上点击下单的平淡乏味对比鲜明。