6 definitions found
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 The state of being withdrawn;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]