英语词源
- bench-warmer (n.)
- 1892, baseball slang; see bench.
The days for "bench-warmers" with salaries are also past. ["New York Sporting News," Jan. 9, 1892]
Old English had bencsittend "one who sits on a bench."
权威例句
- 1. The runaway car careered into a bench, hitting an elderly couple.
- 那辆失控的车猛冲到一条长椅上，撞伤了一对老夫妇。
- 2. The crowd around the bench began to melt away.
- 长椅周围的人群渐渐散去了。
- 3. The back of the bench folds forward to make a table.
- 长凳的靠背可以向前翻折成一张桌子。
- 4. The chairman of the bench adjourned the case until October 27.
- 主审法官将案件延期到10月27日审理。
- 5. He pushed her away and she fell back on the wooden bench.
- 他把她推开，她向后跌坐到长木椅上。