recess

英 [rɪ'ses] 美 [rɪ'ses]

• n. 休息；幽深处；凹缝；壁龛；放假
• v. 放入壁龛；作凹处；休息

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C][U](工作或业务活动的）中止或暂停期间

   period of time when work or business is stopped

2. [C][U]学校的课间休息

   break between classes at school

3. [C]壁凹；壁龛

   space in a room where part of a wall is set back from the main part;alcove

4. [C]某物内部的凹形空间

   hollow space inside sth

5. [P]遥远或隐秘的地方

   remote or secret place

v. (动词)

1. vt. 把某物放在墙壁的凹处

   place (sth) in a recess

2. vt. 将(墙）做成凹形；在(墙）上做壁龛

   set (a wall) back;provide (a wall) with recesses

3. vi. 休息；休会；休庭

   take a recess

英英释义

Noun:

1. a state of abeyance or suspended business

2. a small concavity

3. an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)

4. an enclosure that is set back or indented

5. a pause from doing something (as work);

   "we took a 10-minute break"
   "he took time out to recuperate"
   

Verb:

1. put into a recess;

   "recess lights"
   

2. make a recess in;

   "recess the piece of wood"
   

3. close at the end of a session;

   "The court adjourned"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. They have no recreation or recess in their work.
   他们并没有休息或停工时间。
2. He approached imperceptibly the gloomy recess.
   他不知不觉地走到了幽暗的山岔。
3. I push the problem down into the dim recess of my mind.
   我把这个问题藏到内心深处，不去多想它。
4. The attic sloped down from the centre, and the trunk was lying in a far recess.
   阁楼从中央倾斜而下，这个木箱正好放在远端的壁龛里。
5. Finally I had to get up near dawn to sleep on the ledge of the honor recess, where in Japanese living rooms the best vase and picture scroll are displayed.
   末了，我不得不在凌晨起来，睡到壁龛里去，那本是日式房间摆放花瓶画轴的地方。
6. Have you any plans for the summer recess?
   你暑假有什么打算吗?

用作动词 (v.)

1. The conference will recess till tomorrow morning.
   会议暂时休会，明天上午继续开会。
2. The committee is going into recess for a couple of weeks.
   委员会打算休会几个星期。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The meeting will be continued after a recess.
   休息后再继续开会。
2. Parliament was hastily recalled from recess.
   休会的议员被匆匆召回开会。
3. They continue to walk after a recess.
   休息后他们又继续走。
4. I saw a recess in the hill.
   我看到了山上的凹穴。
5. I could see the inmost recesses.
   我能看见最深处。

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. The court recessed yesterday.
   法庭昨天休庭了。

用作及物动词

S+ ～+n./pron.

1. The lights should be recessed into the ceiling.
   这些灯应该嵌进天花板。

经典引文

• The Commons..reassembled after the Christmas recess.

  出自： J. B. Morton

• There'll be a Staff Meeting at Recess.

  出自： D. Cusack

• I will grant a ten-minute recess.

  出自： N. Barber

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

介词+～

• be in recess 在休会期间
• in a mountain recess 在老山深处
• in the innermost recess es of the heart 在内心深处

～+介词

• recess with a writing desk in it 墙的凹处放着一张写字台

词义辨析

break，rest，pause，interval，recess，cease，stop，end

• 这些名词均含有“中止，停止，休息”之意。
• break非正式用词，指突然的或短时间的中止，如工作或活动期间短暂休息。
• rest指统称的休息。
• pause指短暂的中断或停止，含再进行下去的意味。
• interval指一出戏在幕与幕之间，音乐会上下串场之间或演出中预先安排的休息；也可泛指事件之间的一段时间。
• recess正式用词，指业务活动或工作中短暂的或长时间的休息。
• cease正式用词，侧重逐渐结束某活动或状态，含永远结束的意味。
• stop普通用词，指迅速或突然中止某行为、活动或状态。
• end多指“自然的结束”。

近反义词

【近义词】

• rest 剩余的部分
• break 打碎
• niche 壁龛
• respite 暂缓
• nook 角落
• depression 沮丧
• vacation 假期
• adjourn (使)延期
• alcove 凹室
• pause 暂停
• indent 订货单
• indentation 刻痕
• notch 刻痕
• bay 海湾
• time off 休假时间
• retreat 撤退
• holiday 假日
• leave 委托
• adjournment 延期
• interval 间隔
• relaxation 消遣
• breather 呼吸者
• lull 使安静
• interpreter 口译员
• breath 呼吸
• interlude 中间
• intermission 中止
• truce 休战
• hesitate 犹豫
• back 后面
• set 放置
• deferral 延期
• time out 暂停
• break up 结束，散会
• recession 后退
• inlet 水湾
• corner 角落
• set back 推迟
• cease 终止
• stop 停止
• end 结束