英文词源
- recess (n.)
- 1530s, "act of receding," from Latin recessus "a going back, retreat," from recessum, past participle of recedere "to recede" (see recede). Meaning "hidden or remote part" first recorded 1610s; that of "period of stopping from usual work" is from 1620s, probably from parliamentary notion of "recessing" into private chambers.
- recess (v.)
- 1809, from recess (n.). Related: Recessed; recessing.
中文词源
词根词缀： re-回,向后 + -cess-行走
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：recess 词源，recess 含义。
来自 recede,后退，-ss,过去分词格。此处形容词作名词，引申诸相关词义。
