chop

刻む

包丁などを素早く振り下ろして、物を細かく切ること。

やさしい英語で： 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?

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

類義語： cut up

よく使う表現： chop an onion, chop something up, chop wood

切り落とす

斧などを鋭く振り下ろして、一部を切り離すこと。

やさしい英語で： 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.

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

類義語： cut off, sever

よく使う表現： chop something off, chop off something

削減する、減らす

量、費用、時間などを大幅に減らすこと。

やさしい英語で： 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.

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

類義語： cut, reduce, slash

反対語： increase

よく使う表現： chop costs, chop something in half, chop the budget

分割する、切り離す

物を別々の部分に分けたり、一部を切り離したりすること。

やさしい英語で： 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.

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

類義語： divide, split

反対語： combine

よく使う表現： chop something into pieces, chop something off, chop something up

骨付き肉

豚や羊から切り出した、普通は骨の付いた肉の一切れ。

やさしい英語で： 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?

よく使う表現： pork chop, lamb chop, grilled chop

一撃、手刀

刃物や斧、手を素早く振り下ろして切ったり打ったりする動作。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： blow, stroke

よく使う表現： a sharp chop, karate chop, chop with something

腕前、技量

演奏などの活動の腕前。通常は複数形の「chops」で使う。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： skill, ability, technique

よく使う表現： musical chops, have chops, show your chops

解雇

雇い主の決定によって仕事を失うこと。

やさしい英語で： 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.

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

類義語： dismissal, the sack

よく使う表現： get the chop, give someone the chop, face the chop