bench

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
美 /ˈbent͡ʃ/|[ˈbent͡ʃ]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A long seat with or without a back, found for example in parks and schools.
    — They sat on a park bench and tossed bread crumbs to the ducks and pigeons.
  2. The weight one is able to bench press, especially the maximum weight capable of being pressed.
    — He became frustrated when his bench increased by only 10 pounds despite a month of training.
  3. The seat where the judges sit in court.; The people who decide on the verdict, collectively; the judiciary. figuratively
    — They are awaiting a decision on the motion from the bench.
  4. The seat where the judges sit in court.; The office or dignity of a judge. figuratively
    — She sat on the bench for 30 years before she retired.
  5. A seat where people sit together in an official capacity.; A long seat for politicians in a parliamentary chamber.
    — the government front bench
  6. A seat where people sit together in an official capacity.; The dignity of holding an official seat. figuratively
    — the bench of bishops
  7. A seat where people sit together in an official capacity.; The people who hold a certain type of official seat, collectively; a group of officeholders. figuratively
    — Mr. Zuckerberg’s repositioning of Meta started in earnest last year, when he began rearranging his bench of lieutenants.
  8. The place where players (substitutes) and coaches sit when not playing.
    — He spent the first three games on the bench, watching.
  9. The place where players (substitutes) and coaches sit when not playing.; The number of players on a team able to participate, often expressed in terms of length. figuratively
    — Injuries have shortened the bench.
  10. A place where assembly or hand work is performed; a workbench.
    — She placed the workpiece on the bench, inspected it closely, and opened the cover.
  11. A horizontal padded surface, usually adjustable in height and inclination and often with attached weight rack, used for proper posture during exercise.
    — 2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xii I had no bench or power rack, so by necessity every exercise I did started with the weights on the floor.
  12. A bracket used to mount land surveying equipment onto a stone or a wall.
    — After removing the bench, we can use the mark left on the wall as a reference point.
  13. A flat ledge in the slope of an earthwork, work of masonry, or similar.
    — That number carried his glance to the top of this first bulging bench of cliff-base.
  14. A thin strip of relatively flat land bounded by steeper slopes above and below.
  15. A kitchen surface on which to prepare food, a counter. Australia,New-Zealand
  16. A bathroom surface which holds the washbasin, a vanity. Australia,New-Zealand
  17. A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public, traditionally on benches or raised platforms.
动词 v.
  1. To remove a player from play. transitive
    — They benched him for the rest of the game because they thought he was injured.
  2. To lift by bench pressing colloquial,intransitive,transitive
    — I heard he can bench 150 pounds.
  3. Alternative spelling of bentsh. alt-of,alternative
  4. To remove someone from a position of responsibility temporarily. figuratively,transitive
  5. To push a person backward against a conspirator behind them who is on their hands and knees, causing them to fall over. slang
  6. To furnish with benches. transitive
    — 'Twas benched with turf.
  7. To place on a bench or seat of honour. transitive
    — whom I […] have benched and reared to worship

词形变化

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词汇关系

下位词
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衍生词
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词源

词源 1
From Middle English bench, benk, bynk, from Old English benċ (“bench”), from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-.
Cognate with Scots benk, bink (“bench”), West Frisian bank (“bench”), Dutch bank (“bench”), German Bank (“bench”), Danish bænk (“bench”), Swedish bänk (“bench”), Icelandic bekkur (“bench”). Doublet of banc, banco, and bank.
词源 2
From bench press by shortening.
词源 3
See bentsh.
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