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bench
1[ bench ]
noun
- a long seat for several people:
a bench in the park.
- a seat occupied by an official, especially a judge.
- such a seat as a symbol of the office and dignity of an individual judge or the judiciary.
- the office or dignity of various other officials, or the officials themselves.
- the seat on which the players of a team sit during a game while not playing.
- the quality and number of the players of a team who are usually used as substitutes:
A weak bench hurt their chances for the championship.
- the quality and number of professionals or experts in reserve, to be called upon as needed:
The country has a deep bench of scientists.
- Informal. bench press.
- Also called workbench. the strong worktable of a carpenter or other mechanic.
- a platform on which animals are placed for exhibition, especially at a dog show.
- a contest or exhibition of dogs; dog show.
- Physical Geography. a shelflike area of rock with steep slopes above and below.
- Mining. a step or working elevation in a mine.
verb (used with object)
- to furnish with benches.
- to seat on a bench or on the bench:
an election that benched him in the district court.
- to place (a show dog or other animal) in exhibition.
- to cut away the working faces of (a mine or quarry) in benches.
- Sports. to remove from a game or keep from participating in a game:
to be benched because of poor hitting.
Bench
2[ bench ]
noun
- Johnny, born 1947, U.S. baseball player.
bench
/ 产蓻苍迟蕛 /
noun
- a long seat for more than one person, usually lacking a back or arms
- a plain stout worktable
- the benchsometimes capital
- a judge or magistrate sitting in court in a judicial capacity
- judges or magistrates collectively
- sport the seat on which reserve players and officials sit during a game
- geology a flat narrow platform of land, esp one marking a former shoreline
- a ledge in a mine or quarry from which work is carried out
- (in a gymnasium) a low table, which may be inclined, used for various exercises
- a platform on which dogs or other domestic animals are exhibited at shows
- a hollow on a hillside formed by sheep
verb
- to provide with benches
- to exhibit (a dog, etc) at a show
- to form (a track) up a hill by excavating a flattened area
- sport to take or keep (a player) out of a game, often for disciplinary reasons
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 产别苍肠丑路濒别蝉蝉 adjective
- 耻苍路产别苍肠丑 verb (used with object)
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of bench1
Idioms and Phrases
- on the bench,
- serving as a judge in a court of law; presiding.
- Sports. (of a player) not participating in play, either for part or all of a game.
More idioms and phrases containing bench
see on the bench ; warm the bench .Example Sentences
Then, after coming off the bench earlier in the game, Edman walked it off with a line drive single to right.
And then to start the fourth, all five got off the Lakers鈥 bench.
鈥淲e just had more time to sit down and watch videos, like, 鈥楬ere鈥檚 how your pitches play鈥 鈥 Even the way his pitches play off each other,鈥 the bench coach recalled.
Behind them are reigning sovereigns, and other delegations are sat in alphabetical order in French, the official language of diplomacy, on other benches.
He pointed over at the bench after he scored on a midrange jumper when the Lakers executed a play called for him early.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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