chamber
US: /ˈtʃeɪmbɝ/
UK: /tʃˈeɪmbɐ/
UK: /tʃˈeɪmbɐ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
chamber /'tʃeimbə/
- danh từ
- buồng, phòng; buồng ngủ
- (số nhiều) nhà có sẵn đồ đạc cho đàn ông chưa vợ
- (số nhiều) phòng luật sư; phòng làm việc của thẩm phán, phòng làm việc của quan toà
- (Chamber) phòng, viện
- chamber of commerce
- phòng thương mại
- the chamber of deputies
- hạ nghị viện
- khoang (trong máy...); hốc (mắt); ổ đạn (súng lục)
- chậu đái đêm, cái bô ((cũng) chamber pot)
- ngoại động từ
- bỏ vào phòng, nhốt vào phòng
- (kỹ thuật) khoan rỗng, khoét thành hốc
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 [C] a hall in a public building that is used for formal meetings: The members left the council chamber. + the Senate / House chamber
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2 [C+sing./pl. v.] one of the parts of a parliament: the Lower / Upper Chamber (= in Britain, the House of Commons / House of Lords) + the Chamber of Deputies in the Italian parliament + Under Senate rules, the chamber must vote on the bill by this Friday.
3 [C] (in compounds) a room used for the particular purpose that is mentioned: a burial chamber + Divers transfer from the water to a decompression chamber.
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4 [C] an enclosed space in the body, in a plant or in a machine: the chambers of the heart + the rocket's combustion chamber + the chamber of a gun (= the part that holds the bullets)
5 [C] an enclosed space under the ground: They found themselves in a vast underground chamber.
6 [C] (old use) a bedroom or private room: Lady Eleanor was found dead in her chamber.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 assembly, body, legislature, judicature, house, congress, judiciary, senate, diet; consortium:
She is entitled to sit in the Upper Chamber.
2 meeting-hall, reception room, assembly room:
The council chamber was packed with people.
3 compartment, niche, nook, cavity:
We hid the gold in a small chamber in the cave.
4 room, apartment; bedroom, bedchamber:
On the first floor are the magnificent royal chambers.
Collocation dictionary
1 room/enclosed space
ADJ.
dark, dim | secret | inner, main, outer | underground, subterranean | burial, tomb
a Bronze Age burial chamber
| torture | gas
Millions died in the gas chambers in the war.
| decompression
CHAMBER + NOUN
door
2 large room, especially used for formal meetings
ADJ.
grand, great, large, vast | high-ceilinged, vaulted | conference, council, debating
PREP.
in a/the ~
3 part of a government
ADJ.
first, lower, second, upper | elected
She believes there should be an elected second chamber to replace the House of Lords.
| legislative, parliamentary
PHRASES
the Chamber of Deputies
Concise English dictionary
chambers|chambered|chambering'tʃeɪmbə
noun
+a natural or artificial enclosed space
+an enclosed volume in the body
+a room where a judge transacts business
+a deliberative or legislative or administrative or judicial assembly
+a room used primarily for sleeping
verb
+place in a chamber
