chamber

chamber
noun
  1. a large room used for formal or public events
    (正式或公共活动使用的)大厅
    a council chamber.
    议事厅。
    ■one of the houses of a parliament
    议院
    the upper chamber.
    上议院。
    ■(chambers)(Law, Brit.)rooms used by a barrister or barristers, especially in the Inns of Court
    (律 英)(尤指设于伦敦四所律师学院内的)出庭律师事务所
    ■(Law)a judge's room used for official proceedings not required to be held in open court
    (律)法官室(用于处理不必在公开法庭上处理的事务)
    ■(poetic/literary or archaic)a private room, especially a bedroom
    (诗/文,或古)私室(尤指卧室)
  2. an enclosed space or cavity
    封闭的空间;空穴
    a burial chamber.
    墓室。
    ■a large underground cavern
    地下巨洞
    ■the part of a gun bore that contains the charge
    (枪的)弹膛
    ■(Biology)a cavity in a plant, animal body, or organ
    (生)(植物、动物或器官的)腔,室
  3. [as modifier](Music)of or for a small group of instruments
    (乐)小规模的,室内的
    a chamber concert.
    室内音乐会。
verb
  1. [with obj.]place (a bullet) into the chamber of a gun
    把(子弹)送入弹膛
语源
  1. Middle English (in the sense 'private room'): from Old French chambre, from Latin camera 'vault, arched chamber', from Greek kamara 'object with an arched cover'
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