ceiling是什么意思？

ceiling

英[ˈsi:lɪŋ] 美[ˈsilɪŋ]

• n. 天花板，最高限度，云幕高度，隔板，舱室垫板；

复数：ceilings;

例句

• It took more or less a whole day to paint the ceiling. 粉刷天花板用了将近一整天的时间。
• The ceiling tiles help to insulate a room. 那天花板瓦能使房间隔热。
• A lamp was suspended from the ceiling. 天花板上吊着一盏灯。
• One would need a long reach to be able to touch the ceiling. 必须把手伸得很长才能够到天花板。
• A fly is on the ceiling. 一只苍蝇在天花板上。
• Water dropped from the ceiling into the pan on the floor. 水从天花板滴落到地板上的盆子里。
• “Never mind the hole in the ceiling,” he said drily. “不用担心天花板上的洞。”他干巴巴地说。
• The water dribbled from the ceiling. 天花板往下滴水。
• a ceiling of leaves over the arbor 凉亭上面的树叶顶篷
• The advisory committee did not apply for a general increase in the ceiling. 咨询委员会没有请求对最高限价作普遍的提高。

同义词

• n.
  ceiling的同义词之：天花板,平顶
  topside, dome, plafond, upper, rafters, covering, side, roof, top,
  ceiling的同义词之：最高限度,最大值
  top, restriction, point, limitation, maximum, limit, highest,

反义词

• n.
  ceiling的反义词之：天花板
  floor,
• ceiling的反义词之：其他释义
  floor,

英语六级真题

So why are American women so far ahead of their Swedish counterparts in breaking through the glass ceiling?
出自-2014年6月阅读原文
As for breaking through the glass ceiling in business,American women are well in the lead
出自-2014年6月阅读原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  屋顶;天花板
  A ceiling is the horizontal surface that forms the top part or roof inside a room.
  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 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
  A ceiling on something such as prices or wages is an official upper limit that cannot be broken.
  例句
  ...an informal agreement to put a ceiling on salaries... 对工资封顶的非正式协议 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。
• N-COUNT
  最高飞行限度;升限
  A ceiling is the greatest height at which a particular aircraft can fly safely.

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the overhead upper surface of a room;
  "he hated painting the ceiling"
  2. (meteorology) altitude of the lowest layer of clouds
  3. an upper limit on what is allowed;
  "they established a cap for prices"
  4. maximum altitude at which a plane can fly (under specified conditions)

行业词典

• 体育： 舱底垫；最大飞机高度；云幕高度；绝对升限；
  建筑： 天花；
  法律： 最高限额；
  航空： 升限；航空器在规定条件下所能达到的最大飞行高度。；
  铁道： 内顶板；