recess

break, rest, pause, interval, recess, cease, stop, end

名词 recess:

1. a state of abeyance or suspended business
   同义词：deferral
2. a small concavity
   同义词：recession, niche, corner
3. an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
   同义词：inlet
4. an enclosure that is set back or indented
   同义词：niche
5. a pause from doing something (as work)
   同义词：respite, break, time out

动词 recess:

1. put into a recess
2. make a recess in
3. close at the end of a session
   同义词：adjourn, break up

1. A recess or room in a church set apart for special or small services.
   特殊小房间教堂内相隔开的用来做特殊或小型仪式的小房间
2. I push the problem down into the dim recess of my mind.
   我把这个问题藏到内心深处，不去多想它。
3. An open recess for holding a fire at the base of a chimney; a hearth.
   壁炉用于在烟囱底部燃火的敞口的凹窝; 炉床
4. The committee is going into recess for a couple of weeks.
   委员会打算休会几个星期。

re.cess

n.（名词）

A temporary cessation of the customary activities of an engagement, occupation, or pursuit.
休息：某个活动、职业或追求的习惯性持续行为暂时停顿
The period of such cessation.See Synonyms at pause
休息时间：这种停顿持续的时间参见 pause
Often recesses A remote, secret, or secluded place.
常作 recesses 幽深处：某个偏远、隐秘或与世隔绝的地方

An indentation or small hollow.
凹处：凹陷处或小洞小坑
An alcove.
壁龛
v.（动词）
re.cessed,re.cess.ing,re.cess.es
v.tr.（及物动词）
To place in a recess.
将…放入壁龛；把…放置于凹室
To create or fashion a recess in:
使凹进：在……上制造或做凹坑：
例句：
recessed a portion of the wall.
使墙的一部分凹进去

To suspend for a recess:
宣布…休会：暂停以休息：
例句：
The committee chair recessed the hearings.
主席团宣布听证会休会

v.intr.（不及物动词）
To take a recess:
暂停：
例句：
The investigators recessed for lunch.
调查者们休会进午餐

来源：
Latin recessus [retreat] [from past participle of] recôdere [to recede] * see recede
拉丁语 recessus [撤退] [] 源自recôdere的过去分词 [退后] *参见 recede