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单词 chambermaids
释义

chamber /chāmˈbər/

noun
  1. A room
  2. The place where an assembly meets
  3. A house of a legislature, eg the French Chamber of Deputies
  4. An assembly or body of people met for some purpose, such as a chamber of commerce
  5. A hall of justice
  6. A compartment, an enclosed space
  7. A cavity
  8. A chamberpot
  9. A compartment in a gun where the bullet or cartridge is placed prior to firing
  10. A small cannon (archaic)
  11. (in pl) a suite of rooms occupied separately, esp by lawyers
  12. (in pl) a judge's room for hearing cases not taken into court
transitive verb
  1. To put in a chamber
  2. To confine
intransitive verb (archaic)

To be wanton

ORIGIN: Fr chambre, from L camera, from Gr kamarā a vault, a room

chamˈbered adjective

  1. Confined
  2. Having rooms or space separated by a succession of walls
  3. (of a shell) having partitions that form a chamber or chambers

chamˈberer noun

  1. A person who plots or intrigues (archaic)
  2. A gallant, a lover (archaic)

chamˈbering noun (Bible)

Lewd or wanton behaviour

chamber concert noun

A concert of chamber music

chamber council noun (Shakespeare)

A private or secret council

chamber counsel or chamber counsellor noun

A counsel who gives his advice privately, but does not plead in court

chambered nautilus noun

A pearly nautilus (see nautilus)

chamˈber-lye noun (archaic)

Urine

chamˈbermaid noun

  1. A girl or woman employed to clean bedrooms in hotels, etc
  2. Formerly, and still in USA, a housemaid

chamber music noun

Music, performed by a small group such as a quartet, suitable for a room rather than a theatre or a large hall

chamber of commerce noun

(sometimes with caps) a group of businesspeople working together to promote local trade

chamber of trade noun

(sometimes with caps) a national organization representing local chambers of commerce

chamber orchestra noun

A small orchestra for the performance of chamber music

chamber organ noun

A small organ suitable for a room

chamˈberpot noun

A container for urine, etc, used in a bedroom (often called merely chamber or pot)

chamber practice noun

The business of a chamber counsel

chamˈber-stick noun

A candlestick designed to be carried

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