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)
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
[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
[with obj.]place (a bullet) into the chamber of a gun 把(子弹)送入弹膛
语源
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'