一、详细释义:


n.

英[rɪˈsɛs]; [ˈriːsɛs];美[ˈrisɛs]

休息 [U]


例句:

They have no recreation or recess in their work.

他们并没有休息或停工时间。


例句:

Our school has two hour's recess at noon.

我们学校中午有两个小时的休息时间。


壁龛 [C[


例句:

There's a small recess opening off a larger room.

有个远离大房间的小的壁龛。


例句:

Is there a recess in your room?

你房间里有壁龛吗?


隐蔽处;深处 [U]


例句:

From the innermost recess of the church the bell tolled for repentance.

从教堂的深处传来了一阵钟声,要人们忏悔。


例句:

I put the problem down into the dim recess of my mind.

我把这个问题藏到内心深处。


凹处 [U,C]


例句:

Please place the shopping bags in the recess or hung high.

请将购物袋放置于凹处或者挂在高处。


例句:

In a recess in the rocky cliffs behind the cataract is a cave.

大瀑布后面岩壁上,凹处有一洞。


v.

英[rɪˈsɛs];美[rɪˈsɛs]

使凹进;把...放在隐蔽处 [T]


例句:

The workers recessed a portion of the wall.

工人们使墙的一部分凹进去。


例句:

Horizontal intermediate cross rails, which are required for locks, will be recessed and concealed.

水平过渡交叉挡板应扣住,凹入并隐藏。


休息;休课;休假;休会;休庭 [I,T]


例句:

The conference will recess till tomorrow morning.

会议暂时休会,明天上午继续开会。


例句:

The committee is going into recess for a couple of weeks.

委员会打算休会几个星期。


二、词义辨析:


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

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,如工作或活动期间接短暂休息。 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。


三、相关短语:


pharyngeal recess

咽隐窝


四、参考例句:


Do you need a recess

要不要休息一下?


The conference will recess till tomorrow morning.

会议暂时休会,明天上午继续开会。


Is there a recess in your room?

你房间里有壁龛吗?


They have no recreation or recess in their work.

他们并没有休息或停工时间。


There's a small recess opening off a larger room.

有个远离大房间的小的壁龛。


Mr Harper turned a customary recess into prorogation .

会期内的惯例休会被哈珀拖成了会期间休会。


Our school has two hour's recess at noon.

我们学校中午有两个小时的休息时间。


From the innermost recess of the church the bell tolled for repentance.

从教堂的深处传来了一阵钟声,要人们忏悔。


I put the problem down into the dim recess of my mind.

我把这个问题藏到内心深处。


If children have counselors guiding their play at a summer camp, why not at recess?

如果孩子们在暑期夏令营中有一个管理员指导他们玩耍,那为什么课间休息时不呢?