プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
ぼつぼつ
❶〔間もなく〕
もうぼつぼつ彼が帰って来るころだ
He will come back soon.／It's about time he got back.
ぼつぼつ仕事を始めよう
Let's get to work.
ぼつぼつ出掛けよう
Let's get going.
❷〔少しずつ，だんだん〕
ぼつぼつと仕事を進める
proceed with one's work 「little by little [a little at a time]
ぼつぼつと人が集まってきた
People gathered gradually.
❸〔点在する様子〕 ⇒ぽつぽつ
広大な草原にぼつぼつと灌木(かんぼく)の茂みがある
Clumps of shrubs are scattered here and there on the vast plain.
❹〔点々〕spots, dots；〔吹き出物〕eruptions, a rash；〔にきび〕pimples，《米俗》 zits
顔にぼつぼつができた
I have pimples on my face.／My face has broken out.
ひきがえるの背中にあるぼつぼつ
the warts [bumps] on a toad's back