recess
要点休み
意味
- (通常の活動の一時的な)休み,休憩
- 《米》(学校の)休み時間,休暇
- (本棚・戸棚などをはめ込むための)(部屋の)引っ込み
- 《しばしば複数形で》《文》奥まった所,隠れた所
- 〈部屋〉に引っ込みを作る;〈戸棚など〉を引っ込みにはめ込む
- 休憩する,休会する
例文
The judge called for a recess of two hours.
裁判長は、２時間の休憩を告げた。
We have an hour's recess for lunch from twelve to one.
昼食のため１２時から１時まで１時間の休みがある。
The Diet will go into recess next week.
国会は来週休会となる。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
The noun is borrowed from Latin recessus (“act of going back, departure, receding, retiring; (figuratively) retreat, withdrawal; (metonymically) distant, secluded, or secret spot, corner, nook, retreat; recessed part, indentation”) (also Late Latin recessus (“decree or resolution of the Diet of the Holy Roman Empire”)), from recēdō (“to go back, recede, retire, withdraw; to go away, depart; (by extension) to disappear, vanish; to separate; to stand back, be distant; to yield”) (from re- (prefix meaning ‘back, backwards’) + cēdō (“to go, move, proceed”)) + -tus (suffix forming action nouns from verbs); influenced by Middle French recès, French recès (“a break, pause; break between classes in…