chamber
noun /ˈtʃeɪmbə(r)/
/ˈtʃeɪmbər/
会议厅 - The members left the council chamber.
议员离开了会议厅。 - the Senate/House chamber
参议院/众议院会议厅
- He had to answer some tricky questions from the floor of the debating chamber.
他不得不在辩论厅回答议员提出的棘手问题。 - She is due to deliver a speech in the senate chamber.
她将在参议院发表演讲。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- grand
- great
- large
- …
- in a/the chamber
- The members left the council chamber.
- (also Chamber)[countable + singular or plural verb] one of the parts of a parliament
(议会的)议院 - the Lower/Upper Chamber (= in Britain, the House of Commons/House of Lords)
下议院;上议院 - The party has gained more seats in the Chamber of Deputies in the Italian parliament.
该党在意大利议会众议院获得了更多席位。 - Under Senate rules, the chamber must vote on the bill by this Friday.
根据规定,参议院必须在本星期五以前投票表决此项议案。
Wordfinder- Act
- bill
- chamber
- coalition
- election
- law
- legislation
- parliament
- politician
- vote
Topics Politicsc1- She believes there should be an elected second chamber to replace the House of Lords.
她认为应该由一个经选举产生的第二院来代替上议院。 - There are plans to abolish the non-elected upper chamber of the federal legislature.
有计划要废除联邦立法机构中未经选举的上院。 - They are seeking to overturn the Liberal majority in the second chamber.
他们正设法改变自由党在上议院占多数席位的现状。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- lower
- upper
- first
- …
- chamber of commerce
- the Lower/Upper Chamber (= in Britain, the House of Commons/House of Lords)
- [countable] (in compounds
) a room used for the particular purpose that is mentioned构成复合词 (作特定用途的)房间,室 - a Bronze Age burial chamber
青铜器时代的墓室
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dark
- darkened
- private
- …
- enter
- seal
- door
- a Bronze Age burial chamber
- [countable] a space in the body, in a plant or in a machine that is separated from the rest
(人体、植物或机器内的)腔,室 - the chambers of the heart
心腔 - the rocket’s combustion chamber
火箭燃烧室 - the chamber of a gun (= the part that holds the bullets)
枪膛
- the chambers of the heart
- [countable] a space under the ground that is almost completely closed on all sides
洞穴 - They found themselves in a vast underground chamber.
他们发现身处一个地下大洞穴。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dark
- darkened
- private
- …
- enter
- seal
- door
- They found themselves in a vast underground chamber.
- [countable] (old use) a bedroom or private room
卧室;寝室;私人房间 - Lady Eleanor was found dead in her chamber.
埃莉诺夫人被发现死在她的房间里。
- Lady Eleanor was found dead in her chamber.
词源Middle English (in the sense ‘private room’): from Old French chambre, from Latin camera ‘vault, arched chamber’, from Greek kamara ‘object with an arched cover’.