chamber
n. 室, 房间, 枪膛 vt. 装(弹药), 把...关在室内 a. 室内的
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教材释义与例句
（身体或器官内的）室，膛；房间；会所
把…关在室内；装填（弹药等）
释义与例句
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A room or set of rooms
The private room of an individual, especially of someone wealthy or noble.
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A room or set of rooms
A bedroom.
卧室
寝室
房间
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A room or set of rooms
The private office of a judge.
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A room or set of rooms
The room used for deliberation by a legislature.
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A room or set of rooms
A single law office in a building housing several.
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A room or set of rooms
Rooms in a lodging house.
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Ellipsis of chamber pot (“a container used for urination and defecation in one's chambers”).
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The legislature or division of the legislature itself.
比喻The resolution, which speedily passed the Senate, was unable to gain a majority in the lower chamber.
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Any enclosed space occupying or similar to a room.
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A canal lock chamber; a furnace chamber; a test chamber
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An enlarged space in an underground tunnel of a burrowing animal.
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The area holding the ammunition round at the initiation of its discharge.
弹膛
工程 政治 军事Dianne loaded a cartridge into the chamber of the rifle, then prepared to take aim at the target.
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One of the bullet-holding compartments in the cylinder of a revolver.
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A short piece of ordnance or cannon which stood on its breech without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for celebrations and theatrical cannonades.
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One of the two atria or two ventricles of the heart.
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To enclose in a room.
及物She had chambered herself in her room, and wouldn't come out.
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To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers.
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To place in a chamber, as a round of ammunition.
及物The hunter fired at the geese and missed, then shrugged his shoulders and chambered another cartridge.
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To create or modify a gun to be a specific caliber.
及物The rifle was originally chambered for 9mm, but had since been modified for a larger, wildcat caliber.
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To prepare an offensive, defensive, or counteroffensive action by drawing a limb or weapon to a position where it may be charged with kinetic energy.
及物 政治 体育 军事Bob chambered his fist for a blow, but Sheila struck first.
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To be lascivious.
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From Middle English chambre, borrowed from Old French chambre, from Latin camera, from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “vaulted chamber”). Doublet of camera.
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