chamber

室、空洞

物の内部にある閉じた空間。物質を入れたり、何かの処理を行ったりする。

やさしい英語で： A closed space inside something, often used to hold material or allow a process to happen.

• The chamber was empty.
• Gas burns inside the engine's combustion chamber.
• Blood flows from one chamber of the heart to another.

類義語： compartment, cavity

よく使う表現： combustion chamber, sealed chamber, heart chamber, empty chamber

議院、議会

法律を議論し採決する、選ばれた代表の集まり。議会の全体や一部をなす。

やさしい英語で： A group of elected people who discuss and vote on laws, forming all or part of a parliament.

• The upper chamber approved the bill.
• Both chambers must agree before the proposal becomes law.
• Her party holds a majority in the lower chamber.

類義語： house, legislative body

よく使う表現： lower chamber, upper chamber, legislative chamber

部屋、寝室

特に睡眠や私的な用事のために使う部屋。

やさしい英語で： A room, especially one used for sleeping or private activities.

• The king returned to his chamber.
• She slept in a small chamber upstairs.
• A servant opened the door to the queen's chamber.

類義語： room, bedroom

よく使う表現： private chamber, royal chamber, bed chamber, sleeping chamber

薬室に装填する

銃の薬室に弾薬を入れ、発射できる状態にする。

やさしい英語で： To put a bullet or cartridge into the part of a gun where it is ready to fire.

• He chambered a round.
• The officer checked whether a cartridge had been chambered.
• This rifle automatically chambers another round after firing.

類義語： load

よく使う表現： chamber a round, chamber a cartridge, chamber a bullet

薬室を加工する

特定の大きさや種類の弾薬が使えるように、銃の薬室を作ったり加工したりする。

やさしい英語で： To make or change a gun so it can use ammunition of a particular size or type.

• They chambered the rifle for larger cartridges.
• This pistol is chambered for nine-millimeter ammunition.
• Can the gunsmith chamber this barrel for a different cartridge?

使い方： chamber something for something (The manufacturer chambers this rifle for several cartridge types.)

よく使う表現： chamber a rifle, chamber for something

部屋に閉じ込める

人や物を部屋などの閉じた空間に入れたり閉じ込めたりする。

やさしい英語で： To put or shut someone or something inside a room or another closed space.

• The host chambered his guests upstairs.
• She chambered herself in a quiet room.
• They chambered the prisoner behind a locked door.

使い方： chamber someone/something in something (The lord chambered his guests in the west tower.)

類義語： enclose, confine

よく使う表現： chamber someone, chamber oneself