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n.（名词）A room in a house, especially a bedroom.室，卧室：房子里一房间，尤指一卧室A room where a person of authority, rank, or importance receives visitors.会客室：高级官员或权威显要人物的接见室chambers A room in which a judge may consult privately with attorneys or hear cases not taken into court. chambers 内庭：法官与检察官私下讨论或听取不必在法庭上审讯的案件的房间chambers Chiefly British A suite of rooms, especially one used by lawyers. chambers 【多用于英国】 律师的办公室：一套房间，尤指律师所用的A hall for the meetings of a legislative or other assembly.议事厅：议院或其他立法机关的会议厅A legislative or judicial body.立法院，司法机构A board or council.董事会或理事会A place where municipal or state funds are received and held; a treasury.金库：市或州的资金收取存放的地方；财库
An enclosed space or compartment:封闭的空间，密闭的分隔间：例句：the chamber of a pump; a compression chamber.泵房；压缩室
An enclosed space in the body of an organism; a cavity:腔，室：有机物体内封闭的腔；室：例句：the four chambers of the heart.心脏的四个心室
A compartment in a firearm, as in the breech of a rifle or the cylinder of a revolver, that holds the cartridge in readiness for firing.弹腔、药室：武器的弹腔，如步枪的弹腔或左轮手枪的旋转弹腔，内装子弹以备射击An enclosed space in the bore of a gun that holds the charge.药室：枪炮的内腔装弹药的封闭空间v.tr.（及物动词）cham.bered,cham.ber.ing,cham.bers To put in or as if in a chamber; enclose or confine.限制，幽禁：把…关在房间里；封闭或限制To furnish with a chamber.使备有房间
来源：Middle English chaumbre 中古英语 chaumbre from Old French chambre 源自 古法语 chambre from Late Latin camera [chamber] 源自 后期拉丁语 camera [房间] from Latin [vault] 源自 拉丁语 [储藏室，金库] from Greek kamara 源自 希腊语 kamara
