1. 可数名词：（通常木制的）长凳，长椅
2.the bench(law,律) 法官，法官席位；法官（或裁判官的）的职位
3.[C,usually pl.]（英国议会的）议员席
4.(sport,体)（场边的）运动员休息区
5. 替补队员，板凳球员
6. 可数名词： 木工的工作台 词形变化
- 时态 benched，benching，benches
- 这些名词均有“椅子”或“凳子”之意。
chair通常指带有靠背的椅子，有时也指有靠背有扶手的椅子。
armchair指有扶手的椅子。
bench指可供两人或更多人坐的长凳或石凳，多置于公园或划艇中。
stool多指方的或圆的无靠背无扶手一人坐的凳子。
- a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)
- exhibit on a bench
- take out of a game; of players
- the reserve players on a team
- the magistrate or judge or judges sitting in court in judicial capacity to compose the court collectively
- a long seat for more than one person
- (law) the seat for judges in a courtroom
- persons who administer justice
- a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic