chamber

chamber
noun

a large room used for formal or public events
（正式或公共活动使用的）大厅
a council chamber.
议事厅。
■one of the houses of a parliament
议院
the upper chamber.
上议院。
■(chambers)(Law, Brit.)rooms used by a barrister or barristers, especially in the Inns of Court
(律英)（尤指设于伦敦四所律师学院内的）出庭律师事务所
■(Law)a judge's room used for official proceedings not required to be held in open court
(律)法官室（用于处理不必在公开法庭上处理的事务）
■(poetic/literary or archaic)a private room, especially a bedroom
(诗／文，或古)私室（尤指卧室）
an enclosed space or cavity
封闭的空间；空穴
a burial chamber.
墓室。
■a large underground cavern
地下巨洞
■the part of a gun bore that contains the charge
（枪的）弹膛
■(Biology)a cavity in a plant, animal body, or organ
(生)（植物、动物或器官的）腔，室
[as modifier](Music)of or for a small group of instruments
(乐)小规模的，室内的
a chamber concert.
室内音乐会。

verb

语源

Middle English (in the sense 'private room'): from Old French chambre, from Latin camera 'vault, arched chamber', from Greek kamara 'object with an arched cover'

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