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

• Our bloody-minded foreman wouldn't give us a tea break.
  我们的领班不给我茶休的时间。
• Yes, we definitely agree that we can kill time, one minute or even a couple of hours by taking a nap after hard work or drinking coffee with colleagues at tea break.
  是的，我们绝对同意我们可以打发时间，一分钟甚至是一两小时，工作劳累后小憩会儿，或者在工作之余喝喝咖啡。
• In addition, we offer a one-year guarantee to replace the tea cups if any break.
  此外，我们保证在一年以内退换所有破碎茶具。
• 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。
• So, what is a coffee or a tea break?
  那么，什么是喝咖啡时间或喝茶时间呢？
• Surreptitiously decorate it during your tea break.
  在你下午茶时间偷偷装饰它。
• The protest was peaceful, so much so that the demonstrators took a morning tea break.
  整个抗议过程是和平的，甚至达到了抗议者还有上午茶休息时间的程度。
• Come on, the tea break is over; let's get this show on the road.
  来，喝茶时间结束了，让我们干起来吧！
• 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。
• Do you prefer a coffee or a tea break?
  你比较喜欢喝咖啡时间还是喝茶时间？