n.

1. 休息；休会；休庭[C][U]
   Parliament was hastily recalled from recess.

   休会的议员被匆匆召回议事。

2. 【美】学校的假期；课间休息[U][C]
   Have you any plans for the summer recess?

   你暑假有什么打算吗？

3. （山脉，墙壁等的）凹处；壁龛[C]
   The desk will fit nicely in that recess.

   这张写字台正好可以放进那个壁凹内。

4. 深处，幽深处，隐蔽处[P]
   I pushed the problem down into the dim recesses of my mind.

   我把这个问题藏到内心深处，不去多想它。

vt.

1. 把……放在隐蔽处
   recessed lighting fixtures

   隐藏式照明设备

2. 使凹进，使有凹进处
3. 【主美】使（会议等）暂停；宣布……休会（或休庭）
   Judge Johnson recessed the trial.

   约翰逊法官宣布休庭。

vi.

1. 【主美】休息；休假；休会；休庭[（+for）]
   The court recessed for the weekend.

   法庭周末休庭。

n.

1. a small space set back in a wall.
   ▸a hollow space within something.
   ▸ (recesses) remote, secluded, or secret places.
2. a period when the proceedings of a parliament, law court, etc. are temporarily suspended.
   ▸chiefly N. Amer. a break between school classes.

v.

1. [usu. as adj. recessed] set (a fitment) back into a wall or other surface.
2. chiefly N. Amer. (of proceedings) be temporarily suspended.
   ▸(of an official body) suspend its proceedings temporarily.