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

• 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。
• Sunday morning coffee break in a small town was a real eye opener.
  一个星期天的早上在一个小镇休息时是一个真正的大开眼界。
• 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。
• We have a coffee break in the afternoon.
  我们下午有喝咖啡休息时间。
• The coffee break is over; it's about time you set to work.
  喝咖啡休息时间已过，你该正式开始工作了。
• Our Saturday morning ministry meant sacrificing my Saturday morning cartoons, but our10 o'clock coffee break was a blessing.
  虽然周六早上的祷告意味着要牺牲我的卡通，但是10点钟的咖啡时间还是不错的。
• Take a coffee break for a few minutes.
  让我们休息几分钟，喝点咖啡。
• Cheese wafers and potato chips are really very good snacks for coffee break.
  喝早茶时吃些奶酪薄片和炸薯条最好不过了。
• 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；
• Since when has it been against the rules to have a coffee break?
  我从什么时候开始工间喝咖啡休息变成违反规定了？