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re·cess /ˈriˌsɛs, rɪˈ/
休息,休會,放假,凹進處,深處,隱窩(vt.)使凹進(vi.)休假,休息
re·cess /ˈrɪˌsɛs, rɪˈ/ 名詞
休息,凹處,隱窩,課間休息,休會,通口,凹座,凹槽,彎缺,缺口
Re·cess, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recessed; p. pr. & vb. n. Recessing.] To make a recess in; as, to recess a wall.
Re·cess, n. A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire.
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Re·cess n.
1. A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the recess of the tides.
Every degree of ignorance being so far a recess and degradation from rationality. --South.
My recess hath given them confidence that I may be conquered. --Eikon Basilike.
2. The state of being withdrawn; seclusion; privacy.
In the recess of the jury they are to consider the evidence. --Sir M. Hale.
Good verse recess and solitude requires. --Dryden.
3. Remission or suspension of business or procedure; intermission, as of a legislative body, court, or school; as, the children were allowed to play in the school yard during recess.
The recess of . . . Parliament lasted six weeks. --Macaulay.
4. Part of a room formed by the receding of the wall, as an alcove, niche, etc.
A bed which stood in a deep recess. --W. Irving.
5. A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion.
Departure from this happy place, our sweet
Recess, and only consolation left. --Milton.
6. Secret or abstruse part; as, the difficulties and recesses of science; the deepest recesses of the mind.
7. Bot. & Zool. A sinus.
recess
n 1: a state of abeyance or suspended business [syn: deferral]
2: a small concavity [syn: recession, niche, corner]
3: an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky
headlands) [syn: inlet]
4: an enclosure that is set back or indented [syn: niche]
5: a pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute
break"; "he took time out to recuperate" [syn: respite,
break, time out]
v 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" [syn: adjourn,
break up]