| 单词 | chamber of horrors |
| 释义 | Chamber of Horrors in British English (ˈtʃeɪmbəʳ əv ˈhɒrəz) noun a room, for example in a waxworks, containing objects, images or representations of people or scenes that are believed likely to frighten or horrify visitors chamber of horrors in American Englishnoun 1. a place for the exhibition of gruesome or horrible objects 2. a group of such objects, as instruments of torture or murder 3. any collection of things or ideas that inspire horror Word origin [1840–50]This word is first recorded in the period 1840–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: organizer, plaque, pylon, striation, warmupExamples of 'Chamber of Horrors' in a sentence |
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