| [/rɪˈses; US ˈriːses; ˋrisɛs/] n 用法:
1 [C, U] (a) (US also vacation) period of time when work or business is stopped, esp in Parliament, the lawcourts, etc （工作或业务活动的）中止或暂停期间; （尤指国会、 法庭等的）休会期, 休庭期:
the summer recess 暑假 *
Parliament is in recess. 议会处於休会期.
(b) (US) break between classes at school （学校的）课间休息. =>Usage at break2 用法见break2. 用法:
2 [C] space in a room where part of a wall is set back from the main part; alcove 壁凹（墙壁的凹进处）; 凹室; 壁龛:
a door, window, cupboard, etc recess 可供安门、 窗、 橱柜等的壁凹. 用法:
3 [C] hollow space inside sth 某物内部的凹形空间:
a drawer with a secret recess 有隐秘槽子的抽屉. 用法:
4 [C usu pl 通常作复数] remote or secret place 遥远或隐秘的地方:
the dark recesses of a cave 洞中隐秘的暗处 *
(fig 比喻) in the innermost recesses of the heart/mind 在内心[思想]的最深处. recess 2
v 用法:
1 [Tn esp passive 尤用於被动语态] place (sth) in a recess(2) 把（某物）放在墙壁的凹处:
recessed shelves, windows, etc 在墙壁的凹处设置的搁架、 窗户等. 用法:
2 [Tn esp passive 尤用於被动语态] set (a wall) back; provide (a wall) with recesses 将（墙）做成凹形; 在（墙）上做壁龛. 用法:
3 [I] (US) take a recess(1a) 休息; 休假; 休会; 休庭. |