ceiling

英 [ˈsiːlɪŋ]

美 [ˈsiːlɪŋ]

n.  天花板; 顶棚; 最高限度; 上限; 最大限量; 最高飞行限度; 升限
v.  装天花板；装壁板；装隔板
ceil的现在分词

复数：ceilings　

中考高考CET4CET6考研TOEFL经济

Oxford 3000 / Collins.2 / BNC.2874 / COCA.2641

习惯用语

n.

hit the ceiling/roof
• 勃然大怒；怒气冲天
  to suddenly become very angry

牛津词典

noun

• 天花板；顶棚
  the top inside surface of a room
  1. She lay on her back staring up at the ceiling.
     她仰卧着凝视天花板。
  2. a large room with a high ceiling
     屋顶很高的大房间
• 最高限度；上限；最大限量
  the highest limit or amount of sth
  1. price ceilings
     最高限价
• 最高飞行限度；升限
  the greatest height at which a particular aircraft is able to fly

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 屋顶;天花板
  Aceilingis the horizontal surface that forms the top part or roof inside a room.
  1. The rooms were spacious, with tall windows and high ceilings...
     房间很宽敞，窗户和天花板都很高。
  2. The study was lined from floor to ceiling on every wall with bookcases.
     书房的四面墙都摆满了书架，从地板一直到天花板。
• N-COUNT (官方定的价格、工资等的)上限，最高限额
  Aceiling onsomething such as prices or wages is an official upper limit that cannot be broken.
  1. ...an informal agreement to put a ceiling on salaries...
     对工资封顶的非正式协议
  2. The agreement sets the ceiling of twenty-two-point-five million barrels a day on OPEC production.
     协议规定，欧佩克每天的原油产量不得超过22,500,000桶。
• 最高飞行限度;升限
  Aceilingis the greatest height at which a particular aircraft can fly safely.

英英释义

noun

• the overhead upper surface of a covered space
  1. he hated painting the ceiling
• (meteorology) altitude of the lowest layer of clouds
• maximum altitude at which a plane can fly (under specified conditions)
• an upper limit on what is allowed
  1. he put a ceiling on the number of women who worked for him
  2. there was a roof on salaries
  3. they established a cap for prices
  Synonym:roofcap

双语例句

• Richard lit another cigarette and puffed smoke towards the ceiling
  理查德又点了一支烟，朝着天花板喷云吐雾。
• If the TV was built into the ceiling, you could lie there while watching your favourite programme.
  如果把电视嵌入天花板，你就可以躺在那里欣赏你最喜欢的节目了。
• It had a high ceiling, ornamented with plaster fruits and flowers.
  天花板很高，上面装饰着石膏水果和花朵。
• There was a small air vent in the ceiling.
  天花板上有个小小的通风孔。
• The hook in the ceiling had given way and the lamp had fallen blazing on to the table.
  天花板上的钩子断了，灯落下来砸到桌子上燃起了火。
• A flake of plaster from the ceiling fell into his eye, which became septic.
  天花板上的一小片熟石膏掉到他眼里，致使他的眼睛感染了。
• The roof sagged at one corner, where the ceiling beams had snapped with rot
  房顶的一角塌了下来，那里的天花板横梁已经腐烂断裂了。
• The ceiling he had just plastered fell in and knocked him off his ladder.
  他刚抹上灰泥的天花板塌了，把他从梯子上砸了下来。
• Burning embers started dropping from the ceiling
  余火未尽的木块开始从天花板上往下掉。
• The rest of the space was taken up by cardboard boxes piled right to the ceiling, ten deep.
  其余的空间都被纸板盒子占据了，一直摞到天花板，足有10层高。