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- 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。
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- one of the houses of a parliament议院:
the upper chamber.
上议院。
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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。
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- 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)。
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- poetic/literary or archaic a private room, especially a bedroom〈诗/文, 或古〉私室(尤指卧室)。
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- an enclosed space or cavity封闭的空间; 空穴:
a burial chamber.
墓室。
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- a large underground cavern地下巨洞。
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- the part of a gun bore that contains the charge(枪的)弹膛。
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- Biology a cavity in a plant, animal body, or organ【生】(植物、动物或器官的)腔, 室。
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- 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。
词源
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'.