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

• The rooms were spacious, with tall windows and high ceilings
  房间很宽敞，窗户和天花板都很高。
• 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。
• I admired the peeling paint on the ceiling
  我“观赏”着天花板上正在剥落的油漆。
• 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。
• 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。
• Pigs were butchered, hams were hung to dry from the ceiling.
  杀了猪，猪腿挂在天花板上风干。
• 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。
• 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。
• The rainwater dripped through a crack on the ceiling.
  雨水从天花板的裂缝中滴下。
• The tented ceiling hides a maze of water pipes.
  形似帐篷的天花板上隐藏着迷宫似的水管。