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chamber

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n.室,房间,议院,会所,(枪)膛

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动词过去式:chambered 过去分词:chambered 现在分词:chambering 第三人称单数:chambers

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chamber


/'tʃeɪmbə(r); `tʃembɚ/
n
1 [C] (formerly) room, esp a bedroom (旧时)房间, (尤指)寝室.
2 chambers [pl]
(a) judge's room for hearing cases that do not need to be taken into court 法官的办公室(用以审理不需要提出诉讼的案件).
(b) (Brit) set of rooms in a larger building, esp the offices in the Inns of Court used by barristers for interviewing clients, etc 大建筑物中的成套房间; (尤指法律协会的)办公室(讼务律师用以接待委托人等的).
3 [C, CGp] (hall used by an) administrative or legislative assembly, eg one of the houses of a parliament 行政或立法机构(用的大厅)(如议会的会议厅)
*The members left the council chamber. 议员们离开了会议厅.
* the Upper/Lower Chamber, eg (in Britain) the House of Lords/Commons 上[下]议院(如英国的上[下]议院).
4 [C]
(a) enclosed space or cavity in the body of an animal, in a plant or in some kinds of machinery (动植物体内或某些机器中封闭的)洞穴, 腔, 室
*the chambers of the heart, ie the auricle and the ventricle 心腔(心房与心室)
* a combustion chamber 燃烧室. =>illus at piston 见piston之插图.
(b) enclosed space under the ground 地下的封闭空间; 洞穴
*The cavers discovered a vast underground chamber. 探穴人发现了一个地下大洞穴.
5 [C] part of a gun that holds the bullets 枪膛; 炮膛.

chamber


n
1【enclosed space】
2【room】
3【meeting room】
4【parliament】
5【private room】
6 chambers
7【gun】
[Date: 1100-1200; Language: Old French;Origin: chambre, from Late Latin camera, from Latin, 'curved roof', from Greek kamara]
【ENCLOSED SPACE】[C]
an enclosed space, especially in your body or inside a machine
 a combustion chamber
 The heart has four chambers.
【ROOM】[C]
a room used for a special purpose, especially an unpleasant one
gas/torture chamber
(=used for killing people by gas or for hurting them)
【MEETING ROOM】[C]
a large room in a public building used for important meetings
 the council chamber
【PARLIAMENT】[C]
one of the two parts of a parliament or of the US Congress. For example, in Britain the upper chamber is the House of Lords and the lower chamber is the House of Commons
【PRIVATE ROOM】[C]
a word used in the past to mean a bedroom or private room
 the Queen's private chambers
chambers [plural]especially BrE an office or offices used by barristers or judges
【GUN】[C]
the place inside a gun where you put the bullet
1. The king retired to his chamber.
    国王回到他的房里休息了。

2. The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) favors a code of conduct that would ban the giving and seeking of bribes.
    国际商会(ICC)赞成用行为准则来禁止行贿索贿。

3. A few months later, a couple of almost comic body-thieves stole his body from the family burial chamber and held it for money: the police recovered it with more efficiency than Mack Sennett's clumsy Keystone Cops would have done.
    几个月后,几个近乎可笑的盗尸者从他的家庭墓室盗走了他的尸体以借此诈钱。警方追回了他的尸体,其效率比麦克·塞纳特拍摄的启斯东喜剧片中的笨拙警察要高得多。

4. Inside our clear chamber, we were warm and comfortable, but outside was a whole different world.
    坐在透明的机舱内,我们觉得温暖而舒适,然而外面却是一个截然不同的世界。

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