recess

休み時間、休憩

仕事や授業の短い休み。特に子どもが食べたり遊んだりする時間。

やさしい英語で： A short break from work or lessons, especially when schoolchildren can eat or play.

• We played outside at recess.
• The court took a short recess for lunch.
• When does the class have recess?

使い方： at recess (The children played football at recess.)

類義語： break, interval

よく使う表現： at recess, school recess, lunch recess

くぼみ、壁龕

壁などの表面から内側に引っ込んでいる小さな空間。

やさしい英語で： A small space set back into a wall or another surface.

• The shelf fits into this recess.
• They hid the box in a dark recess beside the door.
• The window sits in a deep recess.

使い方： a recess in something (A lamp stood in a recess in the wall.)

類義語： alcove, niche

よく使う表現： wall recess, deep recess, recess in something, shallow recess

奥底、奥まった所

隠れていたり、遠く奥にあったり、あまり知られていなかったりする場所や部分。

やさしい英語で： A hidden, distant, or little-known place or part of something.

• Fear hid in the recesses of his mind.
• She explored the darkest recesses of the human soul.
• Old memories stirred in the deep recesses of his heart.

使い方： the recesses of something (The memory remained in the recesses of her mind.)

類義語： depths

よく使う表現： recess of something, deepest recess, dark recess

休廷する、休会する

正式な会議やその活動を、一定の間休止する。

やさしい英語で： To pause an official meeting or its activities for a period of time.

• The court will recess for lunch.
• The judge recessed the hearing until morning.
• After three hours, the committee voted to recess.

使い方： recess for a period (The court recessed for thirty minutes.); recess until a time (The committee recessed until Monday.)

類義語： adjourn, pause

反対語： resume

よく使う表現： recess for lunch, recess until tomorrow, recess the hearing

埋め込む

周囲の表面から突き出ないように、くぼみに物をはめ込む。

やさしい英語で： To place something in a hollow area so it does not stick out from the surrounding surface.

• They recessed the lights into the ceiling.
• The socket was recessed in the wall.
• We can recess the cabinet so it takes up less space.

使い方： recess something into something (They recessed the shelves into the wall.); be recessed in something (The lights are recessed in the ceiling.)

類義語： inset, set back

よく使う表現： recess into something, recess a light, recess in something

くぼませる、彫り込む

表面を削ったり形を変えたりして、くぼみを作る。

やさしい英語で： To cut or form a hollow area in a surface.

• The builder recessed the wall.
• They recessed the wooden panel to fit the lock.
• Can you recess this surface for the handle?

使い方： recess something for something (Recess the frame for the hinge.)

類義語： hollow out, indent

よく使う表現： recess a wall, recess the panel, recess for something