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。
• You can use your office desk during a short tea break or lunch hour to do the same.
  您可以使用你的办公桌在短期休息或午餐时间也这样做。
• Occurring close together in bunches or clusters. Come on, the tea break is over; let's get this show on the road.
  以束或者串的形式紧紧的在一起。来，喝茶时间结束了，让我们干起来吧！
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Our boss is a real slave driver – we don't even get a tea break!
  我们的老板真是非常残酷，甚至不给我们喝茶休息的时间。
• 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？
• 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。