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chamber n.室；会议厅；房间adj.【音】室内的，小型的；私人的，秘密的 (1) 心脏有两房两室。(2) 大多数的会议都在市政大厅的理事会议室举行。 The history of the word chamber is an interesting one. The Latin word for room was camera. The original word for camera was camera obscura, or "dark chamber," since it was a big black box. Now, the word chamber can refer to any enclosed space — such as the chamber of a gun or the four chambers of your heart.

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英 ['tʃeɪmbə(r)] 美 ['tʃeɪmbər] (1) The heart has four chambers.(2) Most of the meetings are held in the council chamber of city hall. A chamber is an enclosed space, often where a specific event usually takes place — such as a sleeping chamber or a torture chamber. 1[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.   [usu supp N]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。2[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。3[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.   [with supp]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。4[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. 5[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.

英语单词	chamber
英美音标	英 ['tʃeɪmbə(r)] 美 ['tʃeɪmbər]
中文释义	n.室；会议厅；房间 adj.【音】室内的，小型的；私人的，秘密的
英语例句	(1) The heart has four chambers. (2) Most of the meetings are held in the council chamber of city hall.
中文例句	(1) 心脏有两房两室。 (2) 大多数的会议都在市政大厅的理事会议室举行。
vocabulary简明	A chamber is an enclosed space, often where a specific event usually takes place — such as a sleeping chamber or a torture chamber.
vocabulary扩展	The history of the word chamber is an interesting one. The Latin word for room was camera. The original word for camera was camera obscura, or "dark chamber," since it was a big black box. Now, the word chamber can refer to any enclosed space — such as the chamber of a gun or the four chambers of your heart.
柯林斯解释	1 [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. [usu supp N] 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。 2 [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。 3 [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. [with supp] 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。 4 [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. 5 [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.

Chamber Word N Count 可数名词 Camera Council Enclosed Place