recess
休息；隐居（re回＋cess→走回去→休息）
释义2：
recess
/ ri5ses /
◙ noun1. a small space created by building part of a wall further back from the rest• （墙壁上建造的）壁凹；壁龛 »a table set into a recess. 固定在壁凹内的一张桌子。 a hollow space inside something• 凹处 »the concrete block has a recess in its base. 水泥块的底部有一窟窿。 [一般作 recesses] a remote, secluded, or secret place• 深处，幽深处，隐蔽处 »the recesses of the silent pine forest. 寂静无声的松树林里的幽深处。 »the dark recesses of his soul. 他那隐蔽的心灵深处。2. a period of time when the proceedings of a parliament, committee, court of law, or other official body are temporarily suspended• （议会、委员会等政治机构的）休会；（法院的）休庭 »talks resumed after a month's recess. 一个月的休会之后会谈又开始了。 »Parliament was in recess. 议会正在休会期。 (chiefly N. Amer.)a break between school classes• [主北美] 课间休息 »the mid-morning recess. 早课的中间休息。◙ verb1. [with obj.] [often as adj. recessed] attach (a fitment) by setting it back into the wall or surface to which it is fixed• 将（家具，设备）安装在墙壁等表面之下 »recessed ceiling lights. 安装在天花板上的吸顶灯。2. [no obj.] (chiefly N. Amer.)(of formal proceedings) be temporarily suspended• [主北美] （正式会议）被暂停；被宣布休会 »the talks recessed at 2.15. 会谈在2点15分暂停。 [with obj.] suspend (such proceedings) temporarily• 使（正式会议）暂停；宣布（正式会议）休会 (of an official body) suspend its proceedings for a period of time• （官方机构）暂停会议；休会【语源】
1. mid 16th cent. (in the sense 'withdrawal, departure'): from Latin recessus, from recedere 'go back' (see recede ). The verb dates from the early 19th cent
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