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休息,休會,放假,凹進處,深處,隱窩使凹進休假,休息
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Recess \Re*cess"\, n. [L. recessus, fr. recedere, recessum. See
{Recede}.]
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 The state of being withdrawn; seclusion; privacy.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.
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 his happy place, our sweet Recess,
and only consolation left. --Milton.
6. Secret or abstruse part; as, the difficulties and recesses
of science. --I. Watts.
7. (Bot. & Zo["o]l.) A sinus.
Recess \Re*cess"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Recessed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Recessing}.]
To make a recess in; as, to recess a wall.
Recess \Re*cess"\, n. [G.]
A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire.
--Brande & C.
資料來源 : WordNet®
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}]