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- 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。
1.1
- 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。
1.2
- （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
figurative 〈喻〉the dark recesses of his soul.
他那隐蔽的心灵深处。
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- 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。
2.1
- 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。
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- 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）安装在墙壁凹处（或物体表面）：
recessed ceiling lights.
安装在天花板上的吸顶灯。
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- no obj. chiefly N. Amer. (of formal proceedings) be temporarily suspended〈主北美〉（正式会议）暂停; 宣布休会：
the talks recessed at 2.15.
会谈在2点15分暂停。
2.1
- with obj. suspend (such proceedings) temporarily使（正式会议）暂停; 宣布（正式会议）休会。
2.2
- (of an official body) suspend its proceedings for a period of time（官方机构）暂停会议; 休会。
词源
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.