chamber

n. 室, 房间, 枪膛
vt. 装( * ), 把...关在室内
a. 室内的
【医】 房, 室, 腔

动词过去式:chambered 过去分词:chambered 现在分词:chambering 第三人称单数:chambers 

cham.ber

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