If something is recessed, it is fitted into a part of a wall (or another surface) that sits further back than the rest, so it does not stick out. Recessed lights are the ones set up into the ceiling; a recessed shelf sits in a shallow hole in the wall; a recessed handle is pushed into the door instead of standing proud.

If something is recessed如果某樣東西是「嵌入式」的, it它 is fitted into被裝進 a part of a wall (or another surface)牆壁（或其他表面）的一部分 that sits further back than the rest比其他地方更往後縮的地方, so所以 it它 does not stick out不會凸出來。Recessed lights嵌燈 are the ones set up into the ceiling是裝進天花板裡的那種; a recessed shelf嵌入式層架 sits in a shallow hole in the wall是嵌在牆上的一個淺洞裡; a recessed handle嵌入式把手 is pushed into the door instead of standing proud是嵌進門裡，而不是凸出來的。

Interior designers, architects, and furniture shops use this word a lot. It comes from recess, a set-back space in a wall.

Interior designers, architects, and furniture shops室內設計師、建築師，還有家具店 use this word a lot很常用這個詞。It它 comes from來自 recess「recess」, a set-back space in a wall牆上一個往後縮的空間。

Though actually, recess has another life in American schools, where it means break time — and that is not this word at all. Recessed here is about shape and fitting, not about a holiday or a pause.

Though actually不過其實, recess「recess」 has another life還有另一個意思 in American schools在美國學校裡, where it means指的是 break time下課休息時間 — and而 that那個 is not this word at all跟這個詞完全不是同一回事。Recessed here這裡的 recessed is about shape and fitting講的是形狀和安裝方式, not about a holiday or a pause不是在講放假或暫停。