English-Thai Dictionary

drab

N โสเภ ณี  สีน้ำตาล เหลือ  สีน้ำตาล เหลือ ง 

 

drabble

VT ทำให้ เปื้อน เลอะ  draggle

 

drabbletail

N คน สกปรก เลอะเทอะ 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DRAB

n. 1. A strumpet; a prostitute.
2. A low, sluttish woman. [This seems to be the sense in which it is generally used in New England. ]
3. A kind of wooden box, used in salt works for holding the salt when taken out of the boiling pans. Its bottom is shelving or inclining that the water may drain off.

 

DRAB

n.[L.] A kind of thick woolen cloth.

 

DRAB

a.Being of a dun color, like the cloth so called.

 

DRAB

v.i.To associate with strumpets.

 

DRABBING

ppr. Keeping company with lewd women.

 

DRABBING

n.An associating with strumpets.

 

DRABBLE

v.t.To draggle; to make dirty by drawing in mud and water; to wet and befoul; as, to drabble a gown or cloke. In scottish, this word signifies to dirty by slabbering, as if it were allied to dribble, drivel, from the root of drip, which coincides with drop.

 

DRABBLE

v.i.To fish for barbels with a long line and rod.

 

DRABBLING

a.Drawing in mud or water; angling for barbels.

 

DRABBLING

n.A method of angling for barbels with a rod and a long line passed through a piece of lead.

 

DRABLER

n.In seamens language, a small additional sail, sometimes laced to the bottom of a bonnet on a square sail, in sloops and schooners. It is the same to a bonnet, as a bonnet is to a course.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DRAB

Drab, n. Etym: [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.

 

2. A lewd wench; a strumpet. Shak.

 

3. A wooden box, used in salt works for holding the salt when taken out of the boiling pans.

 

DRAB

Drab, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drabbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Drabbing. ]

 

Defn: To associate with strumpets; to wench. Beau. & Fl.

 

DRAB

Drab, n. Etym: [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.

 

2. A dull brownish yellow or dull gray color.

 

DRAB

DRAB Drab, a.

 

Defn: Of a color between gray and brown. -- n.

 

Defn: A drab color.

 

DRABBER

DRABBER Drab "ber, n.

 

Defn: One who associates with drabs; a wencher. Massinger.

 

DRABBET

DRABBET Drab "bet, n.

 

Defn: A coarse linen fabric, or duck.

 

DRABBISH

DRABBISH Drab "bish, a.

 

Defn: Somewhat drab in color.

 

DRABBISH

DRABBISH Drab "bish, a.

 

Defn: Having the character of a drab or low wench. "The drabbish sorceress. " Drant.

 

DRABBLE

Drab "ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drabbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Drabbling. ][Drab, Draff. ]

 

Defn: To draggle; to wet and befoul by draggling; as, to drabble a gown or cloak. Halliwell.

 

DRABBLE

DRABBLE Drab "ble, v. i.

 

Defn: To fish with a long line and rod; as, to drabble for barbels.

 

DRABBLER

DRABBLER Drab "bler, n. (Naut. )

 

Defn: A piece of canvas fastened by lacing to the bonnet of a sail, to give it a greater depth, or more drop.

 

DRABBLE-TAIL

DRABBLE-TAIL Drab "ble-tail `, n.

 

Defn: A draggle-tail; a slattern. Halliwell.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

drab

drab 1 |drab dræb | ▶adjective ( drabber , drabbest ) 1 lacking brightness or interest; drearily dull: the landscape was drab and gray | her drab suburban existence. 2 of a dull light brown color: drab camouflage uniforms. ▶noun fabric of a dull brownish color. DERIVATIVES drab ly adverb, drab ness noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (as a noun denoting undyed cloth ): probably from Old French drap ‘cloth ’ (see drape ).

 

drab

drab 2 |dræb drab | ▶noun archaic 1 a slovenly woman. 2 a prostitute. ORIGIN early 16th cent.: perhaps related to Low German drabbe ‘mire ’ and Dutch drab ‘dregs. ’

 

drabble

drab ¦ble |ˈdrab (ə )l | ▶verb archaic make or become wet and dirty by movement into or through muddy water. ORIGIN Middle English: from Low German drabbelen ‘paddle in water or mire ’, from drabbe ‘mire ’.

 

Drabble, Margaret

Drab ble, Margaret |ˈdrabəl ˈdræbəl | (1939 –), English novelist. Notable works: The Millstone (1966 ), The Radiant Way (1987 ), The Peppered Moth (2001 ), and The Red Queen (2004 ). She is the younger sister of A. S. Byatt.

 

Oxford Dictionary

drab

drab 1 |drab | ▶adjective ( drabber, drabbest ) 1 lacking brightness or interest; drearily dull: the landscape was drab and grey | her drab suburban existence. 2 of a dull light brown colour: drab camouflage uniforms. ▶noun [ mass noun ] fabric of a dull light brown colour. • (drabs ) clothes, especially trousers, made of drab: a young man dressed in drabs. DERIVATIVES drably adverb, drabness noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (as a noun denoting undyed cloth ): probably from Old French drap ‘cloth ’ (see drape ).

 

drab

drab 2 |drab | ▶noun archaic 1 a slovenly woman. 2 a prostitute. ORIGIN early 16th cent.: perhaps related to Low German drabbe ‘mire ’ and Dutch drab ‘dregs ’.

 

drabble

drab ¦ble |ˈdrab (ə )l | ▶verb archaic make or become wet and dirty by movement into or through muddy water. ORIGIN Middle English: from Low German drabbelen ‘paddle in water or mire ’, from drabbe ‘mire ’.

 

Drabble, Margaret

Drab ¦ble |ˈdrab (ə )l | (b.1939 ), English novelist, the younger sister of A. S. Byatt. Notable works: The Millstone (1966 ), The Ice Age (1977 ), and The Radiant Way (1987 ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

drab

drab adjective 1 a drab interior: colorless, gray, dull, washed out, muted, lackluster; dingy, dreary, dismal, cheerless, gloomy, somber. ANTONYMS bright, cheerful. 2 a drab existence: uninteresting, dull, boring, tedious, monotonous, dry, dreary; unexciting, unimaginative, uninspiring, insipid, lackluster, flat, stale, wishy-washy, colorless; lame, tired, sterile, anemic, barren, tame; middle-of-the-road, run-of-the-mill, mediocre, nondescript, characterless, mundane, unremarkable, humdrum, plain-vanilla. ANTONYMS interesting.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

drab

drab adjective 1 blocks of drab council flats: colourless, grey, greyish, dull, dull-coloured, washed out, neutral, pale, muted, lacklustre, lustreless, muddy, watery; lightish brown, brownish, brownish-grey, mousy, dun-coloured; dingy, dreary, dismal, cheerless, gloomy, sombre, depressing. ANTONYMS bright; cheerful. 2 a drab suburban existence: uninteresting, dull, boring, tedious, monotonous, dry, dreary, wearisome; unexciting, bland, non-stimulating, unimaginative, uninspiring, uninspired, insipid, lustreless, lacklustre, vapid, flat, stale, trite, vacuous, feeble, pallid, wishy-washy, colourless, limp, lame, tired, lifeless, zestless, spiritless, sterile, anaemic, barren, tame, bloodless, antiseptic; middle-of-the-road, run-of-the-mill, commonplace, mediocre, nondescript, characterless, mundane, unexceptional, unremarkable, humdrum, prosaic. ANTONYMS interesting.

 

French Dictionary

drabe

drabe FORME FAUTIVE Anglicisme pour beige.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

drab

drab 1 /dræb /形容詞 1 単調な, 退屈な, おもしろみのない (dull ) (!しばしばdrab and … の形で用いる ) .2 くすんだ茶褐色の .名詞 U 1 単調さ .2 くすんだ茶褐色 .dr á b ly 副詞 dr á b ness 名詞

 

drab

drab 2 名詞 C ｟古 ｠だらしのない女 ; 売春婦 (prostitute ).

 

drabs

drabs /dræbz /名詞 →dribs and drabs .