プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
ぽつぽつ
❶〔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.
❷〔点々〕
白地にブルーのぽつぽつのある布
white cloth dotted with blue
❸〔少しずつ，途切れ途切れの様子〕 ⇒ぼつぼつ
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.