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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。
Extra ExamplesTopics Houses and homesb1The 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- high
- low
- tall
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- paint
- plaster
- reach
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- collapse
- fan
- light
- tile
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- on the ceiling
- from ceiling to floor
- from floor to 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。
Extra ExamplesThey'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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- debt
- expenditure
- price
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- impose
- place
- put
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- ceiling on
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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
Word OriginMiddle 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.