(1) 長(條)凳 (long seat made of wood or stone) [C]：a park～公園的長凳;He sat on the～and fed the pigeons.他坐在長凳上喂鴿子?！玸eat 汽車上的橫排座位;〖同〗seat;
(2) (英)議員席 (seat for a certain group of MPs)[C]：the back-/cross-/front-～es 后座/橫座/前座議員席;the Labour～es 工黨席;
(3) (工作)臺 (long strong table for working for a carpenter，mechanic，scientist，etc)[C]：The carpenter's～was covered with tools.木匠的工作臺上擺滿了工具?！纪絯orkbench，worktable，table;
(4)1)法庭(lawcourt) [C， the～]：the Queen's B～英高等法院法庭;〖同〗court;2) 法官席 (judge's seat in a courtroom) [C， the～]：speak from the～以法官身分發(fā)言; 3) 法官 (the judge himself) [Gp，the～]：The ～declared...法官宣布…… He was appointed to the～.他被任命為法官。be on the～受命為法官; 4) 全體法官 (judges as a group) [Gp， the～]：The man appeared before the～， accused of murder.那人被指控謀殺而受審。The accused was brought before the～.被告受到審訊。
→′bench-mark n (刻在石頭、水泥桿上的)水準(zhǔn)點(diǎn);比較參照點(diǎn)