ceiling
noun /ˈsiːlɪŋ/
/ˈsiːlɪŋ/
- the top inside surface of a room
天花板；顶棚 - a large room with a high ceiling
屋顶很高的大房间 - The walls and ceiling were painted white.
墙壁和天花板被漆成白色。 - A large chandelier hangs from the ceiling.
天花板上挂着一个大吊灯。 - on a ceiling a fly on the ceiling
天花板上的苍蝇 - ceiling of something The ceiling of her room was low.
她的房间天花板很低。 - She lay on her back staring up at the ceiling.
她仰卧着凝视天花板。
Topics Houses and homesb1- The bathroom has mirrors from ceiling to floor.
浴室装有从天花板直到地板的镜子。 - The palace is famous for its 17th-century painted ceilings.
这座宫殿以其17世纪绘画天花板而闻名。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- high
- low
- tall
- …
- paint
- plaster
- reach
- …
- collapse
- fan
- light
- tile
- …
- on the ceiling
- from ceiling to floor
- from floor to ceiling
- a large room with a high ceiling
- the highest limit or amount of something
最高限度；上限；最大限量 - The government has decided to lift price ceilings on bread and milk.
政府已决定取消对面包和牛奶的最高限价。 - The reality is the economy is hitting the ceiling and the growth rate must slow.
现实是，经济正在触顶，增长率必须放缓。
- They've put a $50 ceiling on their admission charge.
他们已规定入场费最高为 50 美元。 - a ceiling on imports
进口的上限 - They have put a ceiling on the price of petrol.
他们已经规定了汽油的最高价格。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- debt
- expenditure
- price
- …
- impose
- place
- put
- …
- ceiling on
- The government has decided to lift price ceilings on bread and milk.
- (specialist) the greatest height at which a particular aircraft is able to fly
升限；最高飞行限度 - an aircraft with a ceiling of 20 000 feet
天花板20 000英尺的飞机
see also glass ceiling - an aircraft with a ceiling of 20 000 feet
词源Middle English (denoting the action of lining the interior of a room with plaster or panelling): from ceil (perhaps related to Latin celare, French céler ‘conceal’) + -ing. Sense (1) dates from the mid 16th cent.