coffee break

英 [ˈkɒfi breɪk]

美 [ˈkɔːfi breɪk]

n.  工间喝咖啡休息时间

牛津词典

noun

• 工间喝咖啡休息时间
  a short period of rest when you stop working and drink coffee
  1. to have a coffee break
     工间喝咖啡休息

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (通常指上午或下午)工间喝咖啡休息时间
  Acoffee breakis a short period of time, usually in the morning or afternoon, when you stop working and have a cup of coffee.
  1. It looks like she'll be too busy to stop for a coffee break.
     看来她太忙了，连停下来喝杯咖啡的时间都没有。

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:tea break

双语例句

• I'm on coffee break.
  我正在休息时间。
• So there you have it& an excuse to take a coffee break or cancel your plans tonight, and finally make some time for you.
  那么你就有了理由，喝杯咖啡或是撤销今晚计划的理由，最终你拥有了属于你自己的时间。
• Every morning the company workers have time off for a coffee break.
  这家公司的员工每天上午都会有个喝咖啡的休息时间。
• Give them a coffee break, and they'll jog around the block.
  给他们一个喝咖啡的空闲，他们却在小区里慢跑；
• It looks like she'll be too busy to stop for a coffee break.
  看来她太忙了，连停下来喝杯咖啡的时间都没有。
• Coffee Break," he hollered to his dog," go to it.
  咖啡打翻了“他大声的对他的狗说”去。
• 286 I would like to suggest that we take a coffee break.
  我建议我们休息一下喝杯咖啡。
• I was about to take a coffee break.
  我正准备（正要）休息一下。
• I'll meet you in the cafeteria across the street during my coffee break.
  在喝咖啡休息时，我将在街对面那家自助餐厅和你见面。
• She rang Moira during a coffee break.
  她利用工间喝咖啡的休息时间给莫伊拉打了个电话。