bench
n
1 [C]
(a) long seat made of wood or stone (木制或石制的)长凳
a park bench 公园中的长凳.
(b) (Brit) (in the House of Commons) seat for a certain group of MPs (下议院中)某类议员的席位
the back-/cross-/front-benches 後座[中立/前座]议员席
There was cheering from the Labour benches. 从工党议员席那边响起一阵欢呼声.
2 the bench
(a) [sing] lawcourt 法院
the Queen´s Bench, ie a division of the British High Court of Justice 英国高等法院.
(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(总称).
(d) [Gp] judge(s) or magistrate(s) hearing a case (审理案件的)法官.
3 [C] long working-table for a carpenter, mechanic, scientist, etc (木工、机修工人、科研人员等使用的长形的)工作台.
4 (idm 习语) on the `bench appointed as a judge or magistrate 担任法官职务.