bench
n
1 [C]
(a) long seat made of wood or stone (木制或石制的)長凳
a park bench 公園中的長凳.
(b) (Brit) (in the House of Commons) seat for a certain group of MPs (下議院中)某類議員的席位
the back-/cross-/front-benches 後座[中立/前座]議員席
There was cheering from the Labour benches. 從工黨議員席那邊響起一陣歡呼聲.
2 the bench
(a) [sing] lawcourt 法院
the Queen's Bench, ie a division of the British High Court of Justice 英國高等法院.
(b) [sing] judge's seat in court (法院中的)法官席位.
(c) [Gp] judges or magistrates as a group 法官(總稱).
(d) [Gp] judge(s) or magistrate(s) hearing a case (審理案件的)法官.
3 [C] long working-table for a carpenter, mechanic, scientist, etc (木工、機修工人、科研人員等使用的長形的)工作臺.
4 (idm 習語) on the `bench appointed as a judge or magistrate 擔任法官職務.