Recess

(noun.) an enclosure that is set back or indented.

(noun.) a small concavity.

(verb.) make a recess in; 'recess the piece of wood'.

(verb.) put into a recess; 'recess lights'.

詹尼弗编辑

• A harp, and other matters of a very uncanonical appearance, were also visible when this dark recess was opened. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• The recess beneath the counter in which his flock mattress was thrust, looked like a grave. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• I remained in a recess of the rock, gazing on this wonderful and stupendous scene. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• The fifteen minutes seemed an hour, but they came to an end at last, and the word 'Recess! 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• And even if she were not, the sound of the bell would penetrate every recess of her tiny apartment, and rouse her to answer her friend's call. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• He proposed in the recess--in the room that used to be a picture-gallery--that Sir Monckton converted into it saloon? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• A dull light placed in the deep recess of the window, made little impression on the arched room. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• I found Sherlock Holmes alone, however, half asleep, with his long, thin form curled up in the recesses of his armchair. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Mr. Tulkinghorn rises with his hands in his pockets and walks into one of the window recesses. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• She was too self-engrossed to penetrate the recesses of his shyness, and besides, why should she care to give herself the trouble? 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Probably early men did not go deeply into the caves, because they had no means of lighting their recesses. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The middle ages carefully repressed the minds of men, and hid away in dark recesses the instruments of learning. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• They penetrate into the recesses of nature, and shew how she works in her hiding places. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• Yet more was amiss with him than Miss Peecher's simply arranged little work-box of thoughts, fitted with no gloomy and dark recesses, could hold. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• She went and curled herself up on the window-seat in the small, deeply-recessed window. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.

校对:迈克尔