recess
🇬🇧/ˈriːses; rɪˈses/ 🇺🇸/ˈriːses/📚 7884 1托福GREA recess is a break between the periods of work of an official body such as a committee, a court of law, or a government. (会议、法庭或政府等官方机构的) 休息
noun [专属名词]（议会、委员会等政治机构的）休会，（法院的）休庭；<美>课间休息；壁龛，（墙的）凹进处；幽深处，隐蔽处；（思想或心灵的）深处；
The conference broke for a recess, but the 10-minute break stretched to two hours.
会议暂时休会，但10分钟的休息延长到了两小时。
verb [vt. 及物动词]<美>暂时休会，休庭；将（家具，设备）安装在墙壁凹处（或物体表面）
The hearings have now recessed for dinner.
听证会现已暂时休会以便大家吃饭。
re(反) + cess(行走) → 反着走 → 暂停
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- She decides to visit the school library during recess. 她准备课间休息的时候去参观学校图书馆。
- It seemed to him that the noon recess would never come. 在他看来，中午的休息时间总是不会到来。
- At recess Tom continued his flirtation with Amy with jubilant self-satisfaction. 休息的时候，汤姆继续同艾美调情，一副兴高采烈，心满意足的样子。