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