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

• Our bloody-minded foreman wouldn't give us a tea break.
  我们的领班不给我茶休的时间。
• The women had tea break and back to work.
  有吃茶点的休息时间，然后继续工作。
• 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。
• On that note, I think it's time to go off to the canteen for a tea break!
  说到这，我认为是时候去餐厅喝茶休息一会了。
• 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 boss is a real slave driver – we don't even get a tea break!
  我们的老板真是非常残酷，甚至不给我们喝茶休息的时间。
• But for those who are not that sporty, what could be nicer than having a relaxing afternoon tea with a few good friends and taking a break from studying?
  但对那些非运动型的人来说，还有什么能比在学习之余、约上三五好友一起畅享轻松下午茶来得更惬意呢？
• In addition, we offer a one-year guarantee to replace the tea cups if any break.
  此外，我们保证在一年以内退换所有破碎茶具。
• 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？