bleacher — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. One who, or that which, bleaches.

2. A stand of tiered planks used as seating for spectators, often outdoors.

   Uso

   • uso statunitense
   • plural-normally

   Sinonimi

   standterrace

   Esempi

   There could be a rough crowd out in the bleachers.

   Altri esempi (1)

   It seemed silly for the crowd to applaud or groan over what you had already felt in your fingers or even in your arms as you braced to shoot or for that matter in your eyes: when he was hot he could see the separate threads wound into the strings looping the hoop. Yet at the start of the game when you came out for warm-up and could see all the town clunkers sitting in the back of the bleachers elbowing each other and the cheerleaders wisecracking with the racier male teachers, the crowd then seemed right inside you, your liver and lungs and stomach.

   Warnings such as "watch your step" can be provided when there is a small step off a bleacher to the pavement or ground level.

   Altri esempi (1)

   We prefer bleacher seats to Grandstand Sections 1-9. And in truth, quite a few bleacher seats offer a better view of the action than the Right Field Boxes do. Bleacher seats are made of comfortable plastic, […]

3. The tiered seating provided for the audience at a television filming.

   Uso

   • uso statunitense
   • broadly
   • plural-normally

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (1)

   In practice, audience members often have badly obstructed views of the sets—whether due to obstructive camera dollies and production personnel or viewers sitting in the bleachers off to the side of the set that is currently being used.

Sostantivo

1. a worker who bleaches (cloth or flour etc.)

   Termini più generali

   worker