Chamber
['tʃeɪmbə] or [ˈtʃeɪmbər]
解释:
(noun.) a natural or artificial enclosed space.
(noun.) a room where a judge transacts business.
(noun.) an enclosed volume in the body; 'the chambers of his heart were healthy'.
(noun.) a deliberative or legislative or administrative or judicial assembly; 'the upper chamber is the senate'.
(verb.) place in a chamber.
校对:塞勒斯特--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A retired room, esp. an upper room used for sleeping; a bedroom; as, the house had four chambers.
(n.) Apartments in a lodging house.
(n.) A hall, as where a king gives audience, or a deliberative body or assembly meets; as, presence chamber; senate chamber.
(n.) A legislative or judicial body; an assembly; a society or association; as, the Chamber of Deputies; the Chamber of Commerce.
(n.) A compartment or cell; an inclosed space or cavity; as, the chamber of a canal lock; the chamber of a furnace; the chamber of the eye.
(n.) A room or rooms where a lawyer transacts business; a room or rooms where a judge transacts such official business as may be done out of court.
(n.) A chamber pot.
(n.) That part of the bore of a piece of ordnance which holds the charge, esp. when of different diameter from the rest of the bore; -- formerly, in guns, made smaller than the bore, but now larger, esp. in breech-loading guns.
(n.) A cavity in a mine, usually of a cubical form, to contain the powder.
(n.) A short piece of ordnance or cannon, which stood on its breech, without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for rejoicings and theatrical cannonades.
(v. i.) To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers.
(v. i.) To be lascivious.
(v. t.) To shut up, as in a chamber.
(v. t.) To furnish with a chamber; as, to chamber a gun.
杰弗里整理
同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Apartment, room, hall.[2]. Cavity, hollow place.[3]. Legislative body.
整理:朱莉安娜
解释:
n. an apartment: the place where an assembly meets: an assembly or body of men met for some purpose as a chamber of commerce: a hall of justice: a compartment: a cavity: the back end of the bore of a gun.—v.t. to put in a chamber: to confine.—v.i. to be wanton.—ns. Cham′ber-coun′cil (Shak.) a private or secret council; Cham′ber-coun′sel -coun′sellor a counsel who gives his advice privately but does not plead in court.—adj. Cham′bered.—ns. Cham′berer a man of intrigue: (Shak.) a gallant; Cham′ber-fell′ow one occupying the same chamber.—n.pl. Cham′ber-hang′ings (Shak.) the hangings or tapestry of a chamber.—ns. Cham′bering (B.) lewd behaviour; Cham′ber-lye (Shak.) urine; Cham′ber-maid a female servant who has the care of bedrooms; Cham′ber-pot a necessary bedroom vessel—often merely Cham′ber; Cham′ber-prac′tice the business of a chamber-counsellor (q.v.).
校对:梅雷迪思
娱乐性解释：
To find yourself in a beautiful and richly furnished chamber implies sudden fortune, either through legacies from unknown relatives or through speculation. For a young woman, it denotes that a wealthy stranger will offer her marriage and a fine establishment. If the chamber is plainly furnished, it denotes that a small competency and frugality will be her portion.
埃尔希编辑
例句:
- This thrown open, admitted him to his own private apartment of three rooms: his bed-chamber and two others. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- I was attending a little patient in the college near, said he, and saw it dropped out of his chamber window, and so came to pick it up. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- And of the vaulted chamber, whispered Locksley. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- It was indeed a moveable pair of stairs, the lowest end placed at ten feet distance from the wall of the chamber. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
- The system of filling adopted consists of a culvert in each side wall feeding laterals from which are openings upward into the lock chamber. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- When it arrives at the lower end, the material has been burned, and the clinker drops out into a receiving chamber below. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- She is not well, ma'am, says a groom in Mrs. Rouncewell's audience-chamber. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Ten minutes after it touched at the palace a message called me to the council chamber, which I found filling with the members of that body. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- We were interrupted by an attendant, who announced, that the staff of Raymond was assembled in the council-chamber. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- A refrigerating chamber _b_, submerged in the water, is charged internally with some volatile liquid, such as ether. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- One voice made of many voices, resounded through the chamber; it syllabled the name of Raymond. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- The walls of the chamber beyond the table. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- You have been brought there to personate someone, and the real person is imprisoned in this chamber. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- I thought no more of Mrs. Fairfax; I thought no more of Grace Poole, or the laugh: in an instant, I was within the chamber. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- The last crevice had closed, and for a long year that hideous chamber would retain its secret from the eyes of men. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- The relation of this affecting incident of private life brought master and man to Mr. Perker's chambers. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- Was that your business at Mr Lightwood's chambers in the middle of the night? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- The haggard head floated up the dark staircase, and softly descended nearer to the floor outside the outer door of the chambers. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- I roused myself from the book which I was dreaming over rather than reading, and left my chambers to meet the cool night air in the suburbs. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- We then turned back towards my chambers. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- He would not put himself an inch out of his way at the bidding of king, cabinet, and chambers together. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- Had _Chambers's Journal_ existed in those days, it would certainly have formed Miss Helstone's and Farren's favourite periodical. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- He too looked down at the crape round his hat and replied-- Mr. John died yesterday was a week, at his chambers in London. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- Eight chambers had been left, requiring a ton of powder each to charge them. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- As a friend of mine used to say to me, “What is there in chambers in particular? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- To chambers of painted state farewell! 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- You might have come straight from chambers in the Temple,' instead of having been two months in the Highlands! 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- He lived in chambers in the Albany, did Fledgeby, and maintained a spruce appearance. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- The 'Saturday Magazine,' 'Chambers' Journal,' the 'Magasin Pittoresque,' in France, and numerous others, owe their existence to this printing machine. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
- Scarce half a dozen chambers had I traversed before I came upon the theatre of a fierce struggle. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
校对:维多利亚