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bleachers

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Sport
bleach·ers /ˈbliːtʃəz $ -ərz/ noun [plural] especially American English  DSlong wooden benches arranged in rows, where you sit to watch sport 〔体育场的〕露天看台,露天座位
Examples from the Corpus
bleachersMargarett did not mind Sandy pushing the furniture into rows or constructing bleachers from boards and pails.They sang songs and danced in the temporary bleachers.Across the bleachers, the Oregon band puts down its instruments and starts dancing in the aisles.We spent an hour each day in the cockpit and three or four hours in the bleachers watching our classmates.As we did, I looked out in the bleachers, which were totally empty.Karen sits in the bleachers watching the team go through the familiar drills.The first man the left-hander faced, pinch-hitter Eric Davis, homered into the bleachers in left.After practice I watch him walk painfully over to the bleachers, wrap up his knee and hobble out.
Origin bleachers (1800-1900) bleach; because they are usually unprotected from the sun
bleach·ers nounChineseSyllable
long sit wooden in rows, where Corpus benches you arranged


bleachers
bleachers /ˈbliːtʃəz $ -ərz/ noun [plural] especially American English
 Date: 1800-1900
 Origin: bleach; because they are usually unprotected from the sun
long wooden benches arranged in rows, where you sit to watch sport


bleach·ersBrE /ˈbliːtʃəz/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbliːtʃərz/ 🔊 noun [plural] (NAmE) rows of seats at a sports ground that are cheaper and not covered by a roof (运动场的)露天座位,露天看台 bleach·er BrE /ˈbliːtʃə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbliːtʃər/ 🔊 adjective [only before noun] bleacher seats露天看台座位