プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第３版)の解説
ぽつぽつ【ぽつぽつ】
1 〔点在する様子〕
- ピンの先で紙に小さい穴をぽつぽつ開けた
I made tiny holes in the paper with a pin. - 野原にたんぽぽがぽつぽつと咲いていた
The field was dotted with dandelions. - 山間にぽつぽつと人家が見える
I see scattered houses in the folds of the hills.
2 〔点々〕
- 白地にブルーのぽつぽつのある布
white cloth dotted with blue
3 〔少しずつ，途切れ途切れの様子〕⇒ぼつぼつ2
- ぽつぽつと話した
She told her story 「bit by bit [in bits and pieces／((口))in dribs and drabs]. - 雨がぽつぽつと降ってきた
It has begun to sprinkle. - 避難者たちもぽつぽつと家へ戻り始めた
The evacuees began to return home by twos and threes.