でこぼこ

でこぼこ
inequality
[~ies] (表面の)でこぼこ, 起伏
irregularity
【C】[通例~ies] 道のでこぼこ
asperity
【U】(表面の)粗さ, (地面の)でこぼこ.
▲a road full of bumps でこぼこだらけの道路.
◇→でこぼこの
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でこぼこ
inequality
[~ies] (表面の)でこぼこ, 起伏
irregularity
〖C〗[通例~ies] 道のでこぼこ
asperity
〖U〗(表面の)粗さ, (地面の)でこぼこ.

▲a road full of bumps でこぼこだらけの道路.

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でこぼこ【凸凹】
1 〔表面の高低〕 unevenness; roughness; bumpiness; ruggedness; irregularities; 《米》 jogs 《in the road》.
~な[の] uneven; rough; bumpy; rugged; indented 《coastline》; jagged [ragged] 《rocks》.

●でこぼこだらけのグラウンド a rough [bumpy] playground

・でこぼこのない even; level; smooth.

●モグラが庭の芝生をでこぼこにしてしまった. Moles have made a shambles out of my lawn.

・使い古されてでこぼこになった金(かな)だらい a metal washbowl dented through long use.

●運動場のでこぼこをならす level an athletic field.

2 〔不均衡〕 inequality; imbalance; unevenness; difference.
~な[の] unequal; uneven.

●でこぼこの調整 level(l)ing.

●生産高は年によってでこぼこがある. Production fluctuates [varies], depending on [with] the year.

●賃金のでこぼこをなくす smooth out inequalities in pay.

でこぼこコンビ 〔漫才などの〕 a two-person team 《of standup comedians》, one of whom is tall and the other short.
でこぼこ道 a rough [bumpy] road.

Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.

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