tea break

英 [ˈtiː breɪk]

美 [ˈtiː breɪk]

n.  喝茶休息时间; 工间休息时间

牛津词典

noun

• 喝茶休息时间；工间休息时间
  a short period of time when people stop working and drink tea, coffee, etc.

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 茶歇时间(工作中间的短暂休息)
  If you have atea break, you stop working and have a cup of tea or coffee.
  1. He had a tea-break about twelve.
     十二点左右，他放下工作休息了一下。

in AM, use 美国英语用 coffee break

英英释义

noun

• a snack taken during a break in the work day
  1. a ten-minute coffee break
  2. the British have tea breaks
  Synonym:coffee break

双语例句

• Several manufacturing plants have encountered serious troubles in England because of the famed British tea break.
  人们都知道英国人素有吃茶点的休息时间，这给几个生产厂家带来了很大的麻烦。
• Our bloody-minded foreman wouldn't give us a tea break.
  我们的领班不给我茶休的时间。
• Surreptitiously decorate it during your tea break.
  在你下午茶时间偷偷装饰它。
• Why can't we have a tea break here in our company?
  我们公司为什么不能有茶休呢？
• Give up our tea break? No way!
  让我们放弃工间休息时间？没门儿！
• Later at the same location, while having a morning tea break, Mary wearing a massive sun visor was told her head covering was inappropriate.
  双色球预测后来在同一地点，而有一上午茶歇，玛丽身穿大遮阳板覆盖被告知她的头是不恰当的。
• We can have lunch or a tea break together on campus next time.
  我们下次可以一起吃个午饭或喝个下午茶。
• It has become a habit that we sing during our tea break.
  我们在下午茶的时间里唱歌已经变成一种习惯了。
• We have a morning and an afternoon tea break every day when we stop work for about ten minutes and have a drink.
  我们每天上午和下午各有一次喝茶休息时间，让我们停工10分钟左右，喝一点饮料。
• But for those who are not that sporty, what could be nicer than having a relaxing afternoon tea with a few good friends and taking a break from studying?
  但对那些非运动型的人来说，还有什么能比在学习之余、约上三五好友一起畅享轻松下午茶来得更惬意呢？