chop

doğramak

Bıçak veya benzeri bir aleti hızla aşağı indirerek bir şeyi parçalara kesmek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To cut something into pieces with quick downward movements of a knife or similar tool.

• Chop the onion first.
• He chopped wood for the fire.
• Have you chopped the vegetables yet?

Nasıl kullanılır: chop something into something (Chop the carrots into small pieces.); chop something up (She chopped up the onions.)

Eş anlamlılar: cut up

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: chop an onion, chop something up, chop wood

kesmek, kesip koparmak

Balta veya benzeri bir aleti sertçe aşağı indirerek bir şeyi kesip ayırmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To remove something with a sharp downward blow from an axe or similar tool.

• Chop off the dead branch.
• He chopped the chicken’s head off.
• The axe chopped through the thick root.

Nasıl kullanılır: chop something off (He chopped the dead branch off.); chop something off something (She chopped a branch off the tree.)

Eş anlamlılar: cut off, sever

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: chop something off, chop off something

azaltmak, kısmak

Bir miktarı, maliyeti veya süreyi büyük ölçüde azaltmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To make an amount, cost, or period of time much smaller.

• We need to chop costs.
• The sale chopped prices in half.
• They chopped two hours off the journey.

Nasıl kullanılır: chop something in half (The new system chopped waiting times in half.); chop something by something (They chopped costs by twenty percent.)

Eş anlamlılar: cut, reduce, slash

Zıt anlamlılar: increase

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: chop costs, chop something in half, chop the budget

bölmek, ayırmak

Bir şeyi ayrı parçalara bölmek veya bir parçasını ayırmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To divide something into separate parts or take a part away.

• They chopped the work into sections.
• We chopped that passage off the final chapter.
• The editor chopped the interview into three parts.

Nasıl kullanılır: chop something into something (They chopped the project into smaller tasks.); chop something off something (We chopped a section off the report.)

Eş anlamlılar: divide, split

Zıt anlamlılar: combine

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: chop something into pieces, chop something off, chop something up

pirzola

Genellikle kemiğiyle birlikte kesilmiş domuz veya koyun eti parçası.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: A piece of meat, usually with a bone, cut from a pig or sheep.

• I cooked a pork chop.
• These lamb chops taste delicious.
• Would you like your chop with potatoes?

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: pork chop, lamb chop, grilled chop

darbe, vuruş

Kesmek veya vurmak için bıçak, balta ya da elle hızla aşağıya doğru yapılan hareket.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: A quick downward movement with a knife, axe, or hand to cut or hit something.

• One chop split the log.
• He delivered a sharp chop with the axe.
• She broke the board with a karate chop.

Eş anlamlılar: blow, stroke

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: a sharp chop, karate chop, chop with something

beceri, ustalık

Müzik çalmada veya başka bir uğraşta gösterilen ustalık; genellikle “chops” biçiminde kullanılır.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: Skill at playing music or doing another activity, usually expressed with the plural form.

• That guitarist has impressive chops.
• She showed her acting chops in the final scene.
• He developed his jazz chops through years of practice.

Eş anlamlılar: skill, ability, technique

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: musical chops, have chops, show your chops

işten çıkarılma, kovulma

İşverenin kararıyla kişinin işini kaybetmesi.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: The loss of a job because an employer decides you must leave.

• He got the chop last Friday.
• The company gave three managers the chop.
• More workers could face the chop next month.

Nasıl kullanılır: get the chop (She got the chop when the factory closed.); give someone the chop (The new boss gave him the chop.)

Eş anlamlılar: dismissal, the sack

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: get the chop, give someone the chop, face the chop