[N-COUNT 可数名词]大房间;(尤指)大会议室 A chamber is a large room, especially one that is used for formal meetings.
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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。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]议会;议院 You can refer to a country's parliament or to one section of it as a chamber .
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。
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。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]See also:
gas chamber
;(作特殊用途的)房间 A chamber is a room designed and equipped for a particular purpose.
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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。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](人体、动植物体内的)腔,室 A chamber is a hollow place inside the body of a person or animal, or inside a plant.
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[N-PLURAL 复数名词](法官)办公室;(律师)事务所 The offices used by judges and barristers are referred to as chambers.
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cham·ber★/ˈtʃeɪmbə(r); NAmEˈtʃeɪmbər/noun1★[countable ]a hall in a public building that is used for formal meetings 会议厅◆The members left the council chamber.议员离开了会议厅。◆the Senate/House chamber参议院╱众议院会议厅☞see also
Chamber of Commerce
2[countable + singular or plural verb ]one of the parts of a parliament (议会的)议院◆the Lower/Upper Chamber(= in Britain, the House of Commons/House of Lords)下╱上议院◆the Chamber of Deputies in the Italian parliament意大利国会的众议院◆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。3★[countable ]( in compounds 构成复合词) a room used for the particular purpose that is mentioned (作特定用途的)房间,室◆a burial chamber墓室◆Divers transfer from the water to a decompression chamber.潜水员从水里转入减压舱。☞see also
gas chamber
4[countable ]a space in the body, in a plant or in a machine, which is separated from the rest (人体、植物或机器内的)腔,室◆the chambers of the heart心腔◆the rocket's combustion chamber火箭燃烧室◆the chamber of a gun (= the part that holds the bullets)枪膛5[countable ]a space under the ground which is almost completely closed on all sides 洞穴◆They found themselves in a vast underground chamber.他们发现身处一个地下大洞穴。6[countable ]( old use) a bedroom or private room 卧室;寝室;私人房间chamberchamberscham·ber/ˈtʃeɪmbə(r); NAmEˈtʃeɪmbər/
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chambercham‧ber /ˈtʃeɪmbə $ -ər/ ●○○ noun
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1enclosed space [countable] an enclosed space, especially in your body or inside a machine: a combustion chamber The heart has four chambers.2room [countable] a room used for a special purpose, especially an unpleasant onegas/torture chamber (=used for killing people by gas or for hurting them)3meeting room [countable] a large room in a public building used for important meetings: the council chamber4parliament [countable] 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.5private room [countable] a word used in the past to mean a bedroom or private room: the Queen’s private chambers6chambers [plural] especially British English an office or offices used by barristers or judges7gun [countable] the part of a gun where you put the bullets
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