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

• 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？
• And another Shanghai district, Hongkou, last month started offering free afternoon tea as a lure to get office workers to talk to one another, and break down that salaryman isolation.
  而另一个区虹口区，从上月开始提供免费下午茶，以此促进办公室职员间的交流、打破职场隔阂。
• Love is passing a cup of tea to teachers during the break.
  爱是课间休息时学生给老师送去的一杯清茶。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Surreptitiously decorate it during your tea break.
  在你下午茶时间偷偷装饰它。