| 单词 | school recess |
| 释义 | > as lemmasschool recess school recess n. (originally) a school holiday; (later also) (chiefly North American) a break between school classes, typically used for loosely organized recreational activities; cf. recess n. 5b. ΚΠ 1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 367 They have her, at all her little School Recesses, at their House, and are very kind to her. 1843 H. B. Stowe Mayflower 158 Mr. William..found himself unaccountably lonesome during school recess for dinner. 1904 World's Work Feb. 4487/1 Facilities offered in the higher schools for the pupils to purchase healthful food at low prices during the school recesses. 1959 E. Mphahlele Down Second Ave iv. 31 We missed going to the market to work for a few shillings..during school recess. 2003 T. Kay Valley of Light xvii. 145 Once, Jack Purvis and some of his friends had pulled him away at school recess and had stripped him of his clothes behind a hedgerow. < as lemmas |
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