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

• Give up our tea break? No way!
  让我们放弃工间休息时间？没门儿！
• Tea is also great if you need a break from the mundane. But remember to limit the caffeine intake some teas are chock full of the stuff.
  如果你需要休息的话，茶也是不错的选择。但是记住要限制咖啡因的摄入有些茶的咖啡因含量非常高。
• On that note, I think it's time to go off to the canteen for a tea break!
  说到这，我认为是时候去餐厅喝茶休息一会了。
• 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。
• Surreptitiously decorate it during your tea break.
  在你下午茶时间偷偷装饰它。
• Our bloody-minded foreman wouldn't give us a tea break.
  我们的领班不给我茶休的时间。
• 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？
• 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。
• The women had tea break and back to work.
  有吃茶点的休息时间，然后继续工作。
• 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。