bench: [OE] Old English benc goes back to Germanic *bangk-, also the source of English bank (the related German bank means ‘bench’). The Northern and Scottish English versions of the word were benk and bink. The specific application to the seat on which a judge sits arose in the 13th century. => bank
bench (n.)
Old English benc "long seat," from Proto-Germanic *bankiz "bank of earth," perhaps here "man-made earthwork," later "bench, table" (cognates: Old Frisian bank "bench," Old Norse bekkr, Danish b?nk, Middle Dutch banc, Old High German banch), from PIE root *bheg- "to break." Used for "office of a judge" since late 13c. Sporting sense "reserve of players" (in baseball, North American football, etc.) is by 1909, from literal sense of place where players sit when not in action (by 1889).
bench (v.)
"to take out of the game," 1902, from bench (n.) in the sporting sense. Related: Benched; benching. Old English also had a verb form, but it meant "to make benches."
例文
1. The runaway car carereed into a bench ，hitting an elderly couple.
その暴走した車はベンチに激突し、老夫婦を傷つけた。
2.The crowd around the bench began to melt away.
ベンチ周りの人ごみが徐々に散っていった。
3.The back of the bench folds forward to make a table.
ベンチの背もたれは、前に折り曲げてテーブルにすることができます。
4.The chairman of the bench adjourned the case until October 27.
主審判事は事件を10月27日まで審理を延期した。
5.He pushed her away and she fell back on the wooden bench .