英汉词典

1. 大房间;(尤指)大会议室
    A chamber is a large room, especially one that is used for formal meetings.

    e.g. 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. 议会;议院
    You can refer to a country's parliament or to one section of it as a chamber .

    e.g. 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。
    e.g. 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. (作特殊用途的)房间
    A chamber is a room designed and equipped for a particular purpose.

    e.g. 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. (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. （法官）办公室;(律师)事务所
    The offices used by judges and barristers are referred to as chambers.

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