核心畫面

Picture one long plank set on legs — long enough for several people, with no arms and no separate places marked on it. That single object does two jobs depending on what you put on it: sit on it and it is a seat for a group; stand at it and work on it and it is a table. Almost everything `bench` means later is one particular long plank that a particular group of people is known for sitting on.

bench 可以想成一塊架在腳上的長木板:夠長,可以坐好幾個人,沒有扶手,上面也沒有分格。同一塊板子,看你拿它做什麼更多收起bench 可以想成一塊架在腳上的長木板:夠長,可以坐好幾個人,沒有扶手,上面也沒有分格。同一塊板子,看你拿它做什麼就變成兩種東西——人坐上去,它是一群人共用的座位;人站在旁邊在上面幹活,它就是一張桌子。後面那些意思,幾乎都是「某一群人固定坐的那塊長板」。

Four branches

一群人共坐的長板

最直接的用法:板子還是板子,只是換了地點。公園裡誰都能坐,議會裡則是同一黨的人坐同一排——共坐這件事本身就開始代表一群人。

park bench · noun · B2

A long seat for two or more people, often outdoors like in a park.

長椅

球場邊的板凳

同一塊長板放到球場邊,坐上去的意思就變了:坐在這裡代表你此刻不在場上。位置一旦有了「沒上場」的含意,連「讓某人坐上去」都變成一個動作。

substitutes' bench · noun · B2

The seat where the players of a sports team sit and wait while they are not taking part in the game.

板凳席 / 替補席

法庭上的那個座位

法庭裡法官坐的那個高台,來源也是同一塊長板。這裡的座位不只標示位置,還標示權力,所以它慢慢從一張家具變成一個職位的名字。

judge's bench · noun · B2

The raised place in a court of law where the judge sits.

法官席

站著做事的長桌

同一塊長板,這次不是拿來坐,是拿來把工具和材料攤在上面。板子的形狀沒變,變的只是人站在旁邊而不是坐在上面。

workbench · noun · B2

A long heavy table for making, fixing, or testing things with tools.

工作檯

原始詞典資料27 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Benchname詞源 1

  • 1

    A language spoken in Ethiopia

  • 2

    The people who speak the Bench language

Benchname詞源 2

  • 1

    A surname.

benchnoun詞源 1/ˈbɛnt͡ʃ/

  • 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.
    • Scarborough station's famous 139-metre-long bench, believed to be the longest in the world, has been restored in a £14,500 project.
  • 2

    lawThe seat where the judges sit in court.

    • They are awaiting a decision on the motion from the bench.
  • 3

    lawThe seat where the judges sit in court.

    • She sat on the bench for 30 years before she retired.
  • 4

    governmentA seat where people sit together in an official capacity.

    • the government front bench
    • On the opposition benches at Holyrood, Scottish Labour's transport spokesman Neil Bibby favours a more formal approach of involving passenger and worker representatives in the management of ScotRail.
  • 5

    A seat where people sit together in an official capacity.

    • the bench of bishops
    • the civic bench
  • 6

    A seat where people sit together in an official capacity.

    • Mr. Zuckerberg’s repositioning of Meta started in earnest last year, when he began rearranging his bench of lieutenants.
  • 7

    hobbieslifestylesportsThe place where players (substitutes) and coaches sit when not playing.

    • He spent the first three games on the bench, watching.
    • But Chelsea, who left Didier Drogba on the bench as coach Carlo Ancelotti favoured Fernando Torres, staged a stirring fightback to move up to fourth and keep United in their sights on a night when nothing other than victory would have kept the Blues in contention.
  • 8

    governmenthobbieslifestyleThe place where players (substitutes) and coaches sit when not playing.

    • Injuries have shortened the bench.
另外 8 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    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.
  • 10

    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.
  • 11

    geographynatural-sciencessurveyingA 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.
  • 12

    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.
  • 13

    geographygeologynatural-sciencesA thin strip of relatively flat land bounded by steeper slopes above and below.

  • 14

    A kitchen surface on which to prepare food, a counter.

  • 15

    A bathroom surface which holds the washbasin, a vanity.

  • 16

    A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public, traditionally on benches or raised platforms.

benchverb詞源 1/ˈbɛnt͡ʃ/

  • 1

    hobbieslifestylesportsTo remove a player from play.

    • They benched him for the rest of the game because they thought he was injured.
    • OK, you are out! You’re benched!
  • 2

    To remove someone from a position of responsibility temporarily.

  • 3

    slangTo push a person backward against a conspirator behind them who is on their hands and knees, causing them to fall over.

  • 4

    To furnish with benches.

    • 'Twas benched with turf.
    • stately theatres benched crescent-wise
  • 5

    To place on a bench or seat of honour.

    • whom I […] have benched and reared to worship

benchverb詞源 2/ˈbɛnt͡ʃ/

  • 1

    To lift by bench pressing

    • I heard he can bench 150 pounds.
    • 1988, Frederick C. Hatfield, "Powersource: Ties that bind", Ironman 47 (6): 21. For the first several years of my exclusive career in powerlifting, I couldn't bench too well.

benchnoun詞源 2/ˈbɛnt͡ʃ/

  • 1

    hobbieslifestylesportsThe 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.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。