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bench-warmer是什么意思

bench-warmer

n. 候补球员，替补队员

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也可以写作：bench warmer，上场时间很少的球员通常在「场下」把板凳都坐暖了，所以引申为：候补球员、替补队员。

英文词源

bench-warmer (n.): 1892, baseball slang; see bench.
The days for "bench-warmers" with salaries are also past. ["New York Sporting News," Jan. 9, 1892]
Old English had bencsittend "one who sits on a bench."

双语例句

1. The runaway car careered into a bench, hitting an elderly couple.: 那辆失控的车猛冲到一条长椅上，撞伤了一对老夫妇。

2. The crowd around the bench began to melt away.: 长椅周围的人群渐渐散去了。

3. The back of the bench folds forward to make a table.: 长凳的靠背可以向前翻折成一张桌子。

4. The chairman of the bench adjourned the case until October 27.: 主审法官将案件延期到10月27日审理。

5. He pushed her away and she fell back on the wooden bench.: 他把她推开，她向后跌坐到长木椅上。