使人悶悶不樂或沮喪的；陰沉的，憂郁的 that makes one sad or depressed;dismal;gloomy
令人厭煩的；單調的；枯燥的 boring;dull
英語翻譯
Adjective:
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\\\"
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\\\"
造句
用作形容詞(adj.)
By day the monotonous hours wore on in the same heavy, hashed manner as on that first dreary afternoon. 在白天，那沉悶的時刻，就和第一個凄涼的下午一樣，憂郁寂寞地度過。
Its yellow ambiguous stripes and dreary sky are homologous, which makes the world harmonious. 它背上灰黃斑駁的花紋，跟沉悶的天空遙遙相應，造成和諧的色調。
Hurstwood\\\'s dreary state made its beauty become more and more vivid. 赫斯渥那令人沮喪的處境使得這些情景更加美麗迷人。
常用短語
A dreary speech by a dreary orator.
出自：Oxford English Dictionary
The dreary yard with its rubbish heaps, and the backs of more slums.