bench

US: /ˈbɛntʃ/
UK: /bˈɛnt‍ʃ/


English Vietnamese dictionary


bench /bentʃ/
  • danh từ
    • ghế dài
      • park benches: ghế ở công viên
    • bàn (của thợ mộc, thợ đóng giày)
    • ghế ngồi của quan toà; toà án
      • to be raised to the bench: được bổ nhiệm làm quan toà; được phong làm giám mục
      • to be on the bench: làm quan toà; làm giám mục
      • the bench and the bar: quan toà và luật sư
    • ghế ngồi ở nghị viện Anh (của từng nhóm)
      • bishops' bench: ghế ngồi của các giám mục (trong nghị viện Anh)
  • danh từ
    • cuộc trưng bày, cuộc triển lãm (chó)
    • ngoại động từ
      • trưng bày, triển lãm (chó)

    Advanced English dictionary


    + noun
    1 [C] a long seat for two or more people, usually made of wood: a park bench
    2 (the bench) [sing.] (law) a judge in a court of law or the seat where he/she sits; the position of being a judge or MAGISTRATE: His lawyer turned to address the bench. + She has recently been appointed to the bench.
    3 [C, often pl.] (in the British Parliament) a seat where a particular group of politicians sit: There was cheering from the Opposition benches.
    See also - BACK BENCH, THE FRONT BENCH
    4 (the bench) [sing.] (sport) the seats where players sit when they are not playing in the game: the substitutes' bench + He started the game on the bench but finished as the team's top scorer.
    5 [C] = WORKBENCH: a carpenter's bench(also bench)
    + noun
    a long heavy table used for doing practical jobs, working with tools, etc.

    Collocation dictionary


    1 long seat

    ADJ.

    long | narrow | hard | padded | wooden | garden, park | replacements', subs', substitutes'
    (sport) They have several top players on the subs' bench.

    VERB + BENCH

    sit (down) on

    BENCH + NOUN

    seat

    PREP.

    on a/the ~
    He often sleeps on park benches.

    2 in Parliament

    ADJ.

    government, Opposition | Conservative, Labour, etc. | back, front
    (Government ministers and the most important members of the Opposition sit on the
    front benches
    .
    Back-bench
    MPs have no official position besides that of MP.)

    VERB + BENCH

    be on, sit on

    PREP.

    from the … ~s
    There were cheers from the Labour benches.
    | on the … ~s
    Some MPs on the government back benches are starting to question the government's handling of the war.

    3 long narrow table that people work at

    ADJ.

    work
    (also
    workbench
    )
    | carpenter's, laboratory

    PREP.

    at a/the ~
    He was working at his bench.


    Concise English dictionary


    benches|benched|benchingbentʃ
    noun
    +a long seat for more than one person
    +the reserve players on a team
    +a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)
    +persons who administer justice
    +a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic
    +the magistrate or judge or judges sitting in court in judicial capacity to compose the court collectively
    +(law) the seat for judges in a courtroom
    verb
    +take out of a game; of players
    +exhibit on a bench