chamber

英 [ˈtʃeɪmbə(r)]

美 [ˈtʃeɪmbər]

n.  会议厅; (议会的)议院; (作特定用途的)房间，室

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

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.2381 / COCA.2667

牛津词典

noun

• 会议厅
  a hall in a public building that is used for formal meetings
  1. The members left the council chamber.
     议员离开了会议厅。
  2. the Senate/House chamber
     参议院 / 众议院会议厅
• （议会的）议院
  one of the parts of a parliament
  1. the Lower/Upper Chamber (= in Britain, the House of Commons/House of Lords)
     下 / 上议院（英国为the House of Commons / House of Lords）
  2. the Chamber of Deputies in the Italian parliament
     意大利国会的下议院
  3. Under Senate rules, the chamber must vote on the bill by this Friday.
     根据规定，参议院必须在本星期五以前投票表决此项议案。
• （作特定用途的）房间，室
  a room used for the particular purpose that is mentioned
  1. a burial chamber
     墓室
  2. Divers transfer from the water to a decompression chamber.
     潜水员从水里转入减压舱。
• （人体、植物或机器内的）腔，室
  a space in the body, in a plant or in a machine, which is separated from the rest
  1. the chambers of the heart
     心腔
  2. the rocket's combustion chamber
     火箭燃烧室
  3. the chamber of a gun (= the part that holds the bullets)
     枪膛
• 洞穴
  a space under the ground which is almost completely closed on all sides
  1. They found themselves in a vast underground chamber.
     他们发现他们进入了一个地下大洞穴。
• 卧室；寝室；私人房间
  a bedroom or private room

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 大房间;(尤指)大会议室
  Achamberis a large room, especially one that is used for formal meetings.
  1. We are going to make sure we are in the council chamber every time he speaks.
     每次他发表讲话我们都会确保赶到市议会会议厅去。
• N-COUNT 议会;议院
  You can refer to a country's parliament or to one section of it as achamber.
  1. More than 80 parties are contesting seats in the two-chamber parliament...
     有80多个党派在竞争两院的议席。
  2. Signor Amato's government has only a 16-seat majority in the Chamber of Deputies.
     阿马托先生的政府在下议院仅以16席的优势占有多数席位。
• See also:For many, the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.gas chamber
• (人体、动植物体内的)腔，室
  Achamberis a hollow place inside the body of a person or animal, or inside a plant.
• （法官）办公室;(律师)事务所
  The offices used by judges and barristers are referred to aschambers.

英英释义

noun

• a room used primarily for sleeping
  Synonym:bedroomsleeping roomsleeping accommodationbedchamber
• a natural or artificial enclosed space
• a room where a judge transacts business
• an enclosed volume in the body
  1. the chambers of his heart were healthy
• a deliberative or legislative or administrative or judicial assembly
  1. the upper chamber is the senate

verb

• place in a chamber

双语例句

• Chamber compatibility and injector durability involve the control of the combustion environment.
  室相容性和喷注器耐久性包括对燃烧环境的控制。
• People who prefer symphony concerts or chamber music tend to look down their noses at opera.
  喜欢交响音乐会或者室内乐音乐会的人会有看不起歌剧的倾向。
• Signor Amato's government has only a 16-seat majority in the Chamber of Deputies.
  阿马托先生的政府在下议院仅以16席的优势占有多数席位。
• We are going to make sure we are in the council chamber every time he speaks.
  每次他发表讲话我们都会确保赶到市议会会议厅去。
• An expansion tank has a chamber in which air is locked inside a bladder or diaphragm.
  一个膨胀水箱，空气中有一个是膀胱或隔膜内锁定室。
• The results: more carbon deposits in the combustion chamber and on the fuel injectors.
  结果：燃烧室和燃料喷射器中会有更多的碳沉积物。
• The Speaker is preceded by the mace-bearer upon his entry to the chamber.
  当议长走进议事厅的时候，前面由执议长权标的人开路。
• A winding path leads to a hidden spot,| a meditation chamber deep in the flowering trees.
  曲径通幽处，禅房花木深。
• The murderer was executed in a gas chamber.
  凶手在毒气室被处死。
• For many, the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.
  对许多人来说，牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。