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 was about to take a coffee break.
  我正准备（正要）休息一下。
• We have a coffee break in the afternoon.
  我们下午有喝咖啡休息时间。
• Gordon: But during the coffee break I saw you eating the cake that the boss gave you.
  戈登：但是，在工间休息的时候，我看见你吃了一块老板给你的蛋糕。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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？
• Coffee Break, he hollered to his dog, go to it.
  喝咖啡休息时间，他向他的狗说，去吧。
• 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。
• Go on and take your coffee break. I'll cover for you until you return.
  你去喝咖啡吧，你回来前我会代替你。
• 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。