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- 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* * *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* * *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.