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单词 olive drab
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Definition of olive drab in English:

olive drab

noun
mass noun
  • A dull olive-green colour, used in some military uniforms.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Typically, the harshly exaggerated modeling of the flesh bears a complementary coloristic relationship to the ground, which in the case of 1863 is somewhere between pea green and olive drab.
    • He carried a cane in one hand and a Colt.45 automatic pistol in the other, and wore a knit olive-drab cap because he hated heavy Army helmets.
    • Trip wires are similar in appearance to very fine thread; they are olive-drab green in color and weighted at the free end.
    • I about-faced, and it was him: braids replaced by a processed pageboy, teal-and-black basketball jersey, baggy olive-drab shorts.
    • In mid-September, our B - 25 Group received a single, strange new airplane in olive-drab camouflage, called the YO - 59.
    • There, in their wool olive drab uniforms, they resented the well-fed, khaki-clad and beribboned rear area troops who were the normal clientele of the bars and spas they wanted to visit.
    • Available in black, desert tan, olive drab and woodland camo, the Patrol Pack is oozing with design features that are state-of-the-art.
    • Navy blue, olive drab, and khaki military uniforms replaced the beach resort wear of the era as 2,122,100 servicemen and women trained in Florida.
    • Bert weaved through the smoldering jungle, passing abandoned, fire-gutted, olive-drab vehicles licked by dying flames and centuries-old banyan trees splintered by shrapnel and shell.
    • The T.S.T. military version is finished in a base color of olive drab and then tiger striped in black to blend into the martial environment.
    • The harness comes in olive drab or woodland camo and retails for $123.95.
    • A horde of young assistants, mostly teenagers from the nearby high schools, occupies large olive-drab Quonset tents clustered at the end of the long line of A-frames.
    • This meant cotton khaki for summer and interim use of the earlier olive drab wool field jacket and trousers as winter garrison wear, until the present Army green arrived.
    • He reflects next on the America that lives on for him in memory, an America that is ‘a dull, dark green called olive drab.’
    • She returned a moment later, carrying a long, olive-drab case with yellow, stenciled letters on the side.
    • Along with olive drab uniforms and combat boots, these could go to everyone upon enlistment.
    • In 1902, need for a seasonal service uniform and enhanced concealment from rapid and smokeless-rifle fire led to field uniforms of cotton khaki and wool olive drab, limiting army blue to dress uniforms only.
    • Somehow, the stained, scrubbily painted areas of khaki, olive drab and tan, organized by looping lines and blocks of black, impart a sense of some vast tragedy.
    • As Doctor Wright and his associates left, Paul approached bearing four, compact devices contained in small, olive drab, military-style knapsacks.
    • Like Griffin, he wore olive drab cargo pants and combat boots.
 
 

Definition of olive drab in US English:

olive drab

nounˈɑləv dræb
  • A dull olive-green color, used in some military uniforms.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This meant cotton khaki for summer and interim use of the earlier olive drab wool field jacket and trousers as winter garrison wear, until the present Army green arrived.
    • The T.S.T. military version is finished in a base color of olive drab and then tiger striped in black to blend into the martial environment.
    • In 1902, need for a seasonal service uniform and enhanced concealment from rapid and smokeless-rifle fire led to field uniforms of cotton khaki and wool olive drab, limiting army blue to dress uniforms only.
    • I about-faced, and it was him: braids replaced by a processed pageboy, teal-and-black basketball jersey, baggy olive-drab shorts.
    • Somehow, the stained, scrubbily painted areas of khaki, olive drab and tan, organized by looping lines and blocks of black, impart a sense of some vast tragedy.
    • Typically, the harshly exaggerated modeling of the flesh bears a complementary coloristic relationship to the ground, which in the case of 1863 is somewhere between pea green and olive drab.
    • Available in black, desert tan, olive drab and woodland camo, the Patrol Pack is oozing with design features that are state-of-the-art.
    • Bert weaved through the smoldering jungle, passing abandoned, fire-gutted, olive-drab vehicles licked by dying flames and centuries-old banyan trees splintered by shrapnel and shell.
    • In mid-September, our B - 25 Group received a single, strange new airplane in olive-drab camouflage, called the YO - 59.
    • Trip wires are similar in appearance to very fine thread; they are olive-drab green in color and weighted at the free end.
    • Along with olive drab uniforms and combat boots, these could go to everyone upon enlistment.
    • As Doctor Wright and his associates left, Paul approached bearing four, compact devices contained in small, olive drab, military-style knapsacks.
    • The harness comes in olive drab or woodland camo and retails for $123.95.
    • He reflects next on the America that lives on for him in memory, an America that is ‘a dull, dark green called olive drab.’
    • Navy blue, olive drab, and khaki military uniforms replaced the beach resort wear of the era as 2,122,100 servicemen and women trained in Florida.
    • She returned a moment later, carrying a long, olive-drab case with yellow, stenciled letters on the side.
    • There, in their wool olive drab uniforms, they resented the well-fed, khaki-clad and beribboned rear area troops who were the normal clientele of the bars and spas they wanted to visit.
    • A horde of young assistants, mostly teenagers from the nearby high schools, occupies large olive-drab Quonset tents clustered at the end of the long line of A-frames.
    • Like Griffin, he wore olive drab cargo pants and combat boots.
    • He carried a cane in one hand and a Colt.45 automatic pistol in the other, and wore a knit olive-drab cap because he hated heavy Army helmets.
 
 
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