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。
• 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；
• I'm on coffee break.
  我正在休息时间。
• 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。
• I was about to take a coffee break.
  我正准备（正要）休息一下。
• 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。
• 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。
• Why do not we take a coffee break?
  我们为什么不休息一会喝杯咖啡呢？
• 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。
• 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。