bench: [OE] Old English benc goes back to Germanic *bangk-, also the source of English bank (the related German bank means ‘bench’). The Northern and Scottish English versions of the word were benk and bink. The specific application to the seat on which a judge sits arose in the 13th century. => bank
bench (n.)
Old English benc "long seat," from Proto-Germanic *bankiz "bank of earth," perhaps here "man-made earthwork," later "bench, table" (cognates: Old Frisian bank "bench," Old Norse bekkr, Danish b?nk, Middle Dutch banc, Old High German banch), from PIE root *bheg- "to break." Used for "office of a judge" since late 13c. Sporting sense "reserve of players" (in baseball, North American football, etc.) is by 1909, from literal sense of place where players sit when not in action (by 1889).
bench (v.)
"to take out of the game," 1902, from bench (n.) in the sporting sense. Related: Benched; benching. Old English also had a verb form, but it meant "to make benches."
雙語例句
1. The runaway car careered into a bench, hitting an elderly couple.
那輛失控的車猛沖到一條長椅上，撞傷了一對老夫婦。
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2. The crowd around the bench began to melt away.
長椅周圍的人群漸漸散去了。
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3. The back of the bench folds forward to make a table.
長凳的靠背可以向前翻折成一張桌子。
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4. The chairman of the bench adjourned the case until October 27.
主審法官將案件延期到10月27日審理。
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5. He pushed her away and she fell back on the wooden bench.