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

• Why can't we have a tea break here in our company?
  我们公司为什么不能有茶休呢？
• We have a morning and an afternoon tea break every day when we stop work for about ten minutes and have a drink.
  我们每天上午和下午各有一次喝茶休息时间，让我们停工10分钟左右，喝一点饮料。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• Several manufacturing plants have encountered serious troubles in England because of the famed British tea break.
  人们都知道英国人素有吃茶点的休息时间，这给几个生产厂家带来了很大的麻烦。
• Our bloody-minded foreman wouldn't give us a tea break.
  我们的领班不给我茶休的时间。
• 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。
• 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？
• "Shall we have some tea?" he asked, anxious to break the tension which was apparent on everyone's face.
  “我们喝点茶，好吗？”他问道急于驱散每个人脸上流露出来的紧张情绪。