chopped
Произношение: [tʃɒpt]
Слово
Контекст: «cooking»
(verb) to cut something into smaller pieces using a knife. When you're making a salad, you might chop vegetables like tomatoes or cucumbers.
Пример
I chopped the onions to put them in the soup.
Пример
I didn't chop the peppers, so they are too big in the salad.
Пример
Did you chop the carrots for the stir-fry?
Контекст: «cooking»
(adjective) describes food that has been cut into smaller pieces. If you see a dish with chopped herbs, that means the herbs have been cut into tiny bits.
Пример
The salad was topped with chopped nuts for extra flavor.
Пример
The recipe didn't call for whole vegetables; everything needed to be chopped.
Пример
Are the chopped tomatoes fresh or canned?
Контекст: «sports/activities»
(verb) to reduce or lower something significantly. In sports, if a player chopped the score, it means they brought it down a lot.
Пример
The coach chopped the team’s goals for the season to make them more realistic.
Пример
They didn't chop their expectations, so they were disappointed by their performance.
Пример
Did they chop down the team's goals for the tournament?
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