serve up

servieren, auftischen

Menschen fertige Speisen oder Getränke zum Essen oder Trinken geben.

In einfachem Englisch: To give people food or drink that is ready to eat or drink.

• Dad served up dinner.
• The café serves up delicious pancakes.
• What will you serve up for the guests?

So benutzt man es: serve up something (The café serves up fresh soup every day.); serve something up (Dinner is ready; let us serve it up.)

Synonyme: serve, dish up

Häufige Wendungen: serve up dinner, serve up a meal, serve up hot soup

bieten, liefern

Menschen etwas präsentieren oder liefern, etwa Informationen, Unterhaltung oder auch ein unangenehmes Erlebnis.

In einfachem Englisch: To give or present something to people, such as information, entertainment, or something unpleasant.

• The show serves up plenty of laughs.
• The website served up the wrong search results.
• Their opponents served up another painful defeat.

So benutzt man es: serve up something (The website serves up local news.); serve something up to someone (The platform serves useful content up to readers.)

Synonyme: provide, deliver, offer

Häufige Wendungen: serve up surprises, serve up fresh content, serve up bad news

einen leichten Ball zuspielen

Dem Gegner einen Ball so zuspielen, dass er ihn leicht schlagen oder annehmen kann.

In einfachem Englisch: To send a ball to an opponent in a way that makes it easy to hit or take.

• He served up an easy ball.
• The pitcher served up a pitch that flew straight over the fence.
• That careless pass served the ball up to their striker.

So benutzt man es: serve up something to someone (He served up an easy ball to the striker.); serve something up (The pitcher served it up, and the batter hit a home run.)

Häufige Wendungen: serve up a ball, serve up easy pitches