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recesses
休息；暂停；休会
recesses is the plural of recess.
核心释义
A short period of rest or pause from work, business, or school activities.
- 1.
下陷、中空或凹进的空间；亦指孔洞或开口。
A depressed, hollow, or indented space; also, a hole or opening.
- 2.
暂停或中止的状态
a state of abeyance or suspended business
- 3.
某个地方隐蔽的、最深处或难以到达之处。
A hidden, innermost, or inaccessible place or part of a place.
- 4.
小凹陷
a small concavity
- 5.
活动的暂时停止；休息、暂停。
A temporary stoppage of an activity; a break, a pause.
- 6.
从大水体延伸出的水湾(通常在岩石岬角之间)
an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
- 7.
一个总体呈凹形、折返的部分,属于弯曲的褶皱冲断带、冲断席或单一冲断层的一部分,由以下一种或多种因素造成:造山运动期间地层和地质构造的变形(褶皱和断层)、造山运动期间临界楔角的差异,或现今地貌面的侵蚀程度不同。
An overall-concave, reentrant section of a sinuous fold and thrust belt, thrust sheet, or a single thrust fault, caused by one or more of: deformation (folding and faulting) of strata and geologic structures during orogenesis, differences in the angle of critical taper during orogenesis, or differing erosional level of the present geomorphological surface.
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腔的延伸或突出(如关节隐窝、腹膜隐窝等)
An extension or outpouching of a cavity (e.g. articular recess, peritoneal recess,...)
凹处；凹陷；壁龛；隐秘处；幽深之处；水湾；海湾；湖湾；构造凹槽；凹入段；隐窝；腔部凹陷
用法In use
After two hours of class, the students were eager for recess.
用法提示：此处 recess 为不可数名词，表示课间休息。
The judge called for a short recess to review the evidence.
用法提示：此处 recess 为可数名词，表示会议或庭审的休会。
The children played on the swings during morning recess.
用法提示：此处 recess 为不可数名词，表示学校里的休息时段。
in recess
表示休会或休息状态。
The court is in recess until next week.
法庭休庭到下周。
take a recess
常用于会议或课堂。
Let's take a recess for lunch.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- school recess
- 学校课间休息
- The children played on the playground during school recess.孩子们在学校课间休息时在操场上玩。
- in recess
- 休会中；休庭中
- Parliament is in recess for the summer.议会夏季休会。
- recess appointment
- 休会任命
- The president made a recess appointment while the Senate was away.参议院休会期间，总统进行了休会任命。
- the recesses of
- ……的深处；……的幽深处
- He explored the recesses of his mind for creative ideas.他探索自己思维的深处寻找创意。
- a recess in the wall
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
学校课间休息叫 recess，也指墙壁凹进去的壁龛——休息时躲在凹处。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：school breaks、court or congressional sessions、architecture and anatomy descriptions recess 作名词时，表示“课间休息/休会”多用于学校、法庭或议会等场景，语气较中性；表示“凹处/壁龛”时常见于建筑、解剖等描述，较正式。具体语气需根据语境判断。
语法说明Grammar Note
注意：'recess' 作为名词时为可数名词。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词与 recess /rɪˈsɛs/ 押韵，因为重读音节都以 /ɛs/ 结尾（dress 和 stress 是单音节 /ɛs/）。注意形似词 access /ˈækses/ 和 process /ˈprəʊses/ 虽也以 -ess 拼写，但重音在第一个音节，所以不与 recess 押韵。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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