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chamber
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.
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