serve up

servire

Dare alle persone cibo o bevande pronti da consumare.

In inglese semplice: 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?

Come si usa: serve up something (The café serves up fresh soup every day.); serve something up (Dinner is ready; let us serve it up.)

Sinonimi: serve, dish up

Espressioni comuni: serve up dinner, serve up a meal, serve up hot soup

offrire, fornire

Presentare o fornire alle persone informazioni, divertimento o anche un’esperienza spiacevole.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: serve up something (The website serves up local news.); serve something up to someone (The platform serves useful content up to readers.)

Sinonimi: provide, deliver, offer

Espressioni comuni: serve up surprises, serve up fresh content, serve up bad news

offrire una palla facile

Mandare all’avversario una palla facile da colpire o da prendere.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: 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.)

Espressioni comuni: serve up a ball, serve up easy pitches