| 单词 | benchwarmer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbenchwarmer benchwarmer n. now chiefly U.S. slang (a) a person who sits idly on a bench; a lazy or ineffectual person; (b) a sports player who does not get selected to play, a substitute. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > other players server1585 free agent1649 benchwarmer1662 puncher1681 sticker1779 hard hitter1790 hitter1813 go-devil1835 beneficiaire1841 colt1846 heavyweight1857 stayer1862 left-hander1864 attack1869 cap1879 international1882 roadman1886 big leaguer1887 homester1887 sand lotter1887 badger1890 internationalist1892 repeater1893 anchorman1895 grandstander1896 stylist1897 homebrew1903 letterman1905 toss-loser1906 fouler1908 rookie1908 mudder1912 sharpshooter1912 pro-amateur1919 receiver1919 southpaw1925 freestyler1927 hotshot1927 active1931 all-timer1936 iceman1936 wild card1940 scrambler1954 rounder1955 franchise1957 call-up1960 trialist1960 non-import1964 sandbagger1965 rebel1982 wide-body1986 the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > lazy person > an idler or loafer > in specific place market beaterc1405 market dasher1440 market runner?c1475 benchera1533 bench-whistler1542 bench-babbler1549 Paul's man1616 Paul's-walker1658 benchwarmer1662 round-towner1775 wharf-rat1823 boulevardier1879 sidewalk superintendent1879 bar-loafer1889 stoepsitter1934 beach bum1962 1662 G. Torriano 2nd Alphabet Proverbial Phrases 181 To be a Bench-warmer, viz. a troublesome Reader or Lecturer, that will never find the way out of his Lecture; also a Pot-Companion, that will not budge out of the Tipling-school. 1880 Oxf. (Iowa) Mirror 24 June The ancient bench-warmers who sun themselves in a sort of an uncertain way at the county seat from day to day. 1892 N.Y. Sporting Times 9 Jan. The days for ‘bench warmers’ with salaries are also past. 1913 Collier's 20 Sept. 29/2 The regular guardian of first base—the mighty slugger—was a confirmed bench warmer already. 1950 A. H. Gross tr. I. B. Singer Family Moskat iii. i. 171 He had not given up hope even when Leah had been married off to the widower, that prayerhouse bench-warmer Moshe Gabriel. 1978 Washington Post 31 May b11/3 Rivera..is a barely competent bench warmer. Her technical skills are evident.., but an ascetic stance makes her music..dull. 2008 Independent 7 Jan. (Media section) 3/2 As one of our national side's leading benchwarmers in the 1990s he deserves better. < as lemmas |
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