āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
01
āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻ, āĻŦāĻ¸āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻāĻž
a long and hard seat that is normally made of metal or wood and two or multiple people can sit on
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She found a comfortable bench to rest and read her book.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻŽāĻĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻ āĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛
a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic
03
āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻ, āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¤
persons who administer justice
04
āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻ, āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¸
a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)
05
āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ°āĻāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¸āĻ¨
(law) the seat for judges in a courtroom
06
āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ°āĻĒāĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻŖ
the magistrate or judge or judges sitting in court in judicial capacity to compose the court collectively
07
āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻ, āĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ
the reserve players on a team
to bench
01
āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻ¸āĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻā§ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻž
to remove a player from active play, typically having them sit on the sidelines
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
If you keep disobeying team rules, you 'll be benched.
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŽ āĻ
āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĻ¨, āĻ¤āĻžāĻšāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻ¸āĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
02
āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ āĻāĻļāĻā§āĻ°āĻšāĻŖ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§
to remove someone from participation, often as a form of punishment or reprimand
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
After his outburst, the teacher benched him from the debate team.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĢā§āĻ°āĻŖā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°, āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻ āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻĻāĻ˛ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
