音标：['tʃeimbә]
n. 室, 房间, 枪膛
vt. 装(弹药), 把...关在室内
a. 室内的
【医】 房, 室, 腔
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chamber的短语、例句：
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.
chamber