まばら

[疎ら] ◇→疎らな

◇→疎らに

¶～にする［なる］

thin |自|(群衆・交通などが)まばらになる(out， down). ━|他|…をまばらにする(out).

疎ら
sparse

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まばら【疎ら】

◇ → 疎らな

◇ → 疎らに

¶～にする［なる］

thin |自|(群衆・交通などが)まばらになる(out， down).

|他|…をまばらにする(out).

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まばら【疎ら】

～な sparse; thin; scattered; sporadic; straggling.

●まばらな家並み a straggle of houses (along the road)

・人影もまばらな商店街 a street of shops with only a scattering of people about

・まばらな客席 a sparse audience

・まばらな拍手 thin applause.

●その音楽会は聴衆がまばらだった. The concert was thinly attended.

まばらに sparsely; thinly; scatteredly; stragglingly; sporadically; here and there.

●毛がまばらに生えている be thinly haired [covered with hair]

・まばらに木の生えた丘 a sparsely wooded hill

・谷には人家がまばらに点在している. There are scattered cottages [straggling houses] there. | The place is sparsely dotted with cottages.

・郊外に出ても, 家並みがまばらに続いていた. The houses straggled out into the country.

・まばらになる become sparse; thin (out).

疎ら買い 【株式】 sporadic buying.

疎ら筋[連] 【株式】 little fellows; small investors; odd lotters; 《米》 《俗》 pikers.