ceiling
美 [ˈsilɪŋ] 
英 [ˈsiːlɪŋ]
- n.天花板；上限；顶棚；最高限度
- 网络上升限度；最高限额；顶篷
词形变化
复数：ceilings 反义词
英汉双解
1. | 天花板；顶棚the top inside surface of a room |
| She lay on her back staring up at the ceiling. 她仰卧着凝视天花板。 |
| a large room with a high ceiling 屋顶很高的大房间 |
2. | 最高限度；上限；最大限量the highest limit or amount of sth |
3. | 升限；最高飞行限度the greatest height at which a particular aircraft is able to fly |
英汉解释
n. | 2. (物价,工资等的)最高限度;【航】升限,上升限度;云幕高度,低层云与地面间的距离 |
英英解释
例句
Housefly Bob: Well, I was just thinking how much money people spent building this beautiful ceiling and then they walk on the floor!
苍蝇鲍勃：你看，我在想人类花了多少钱来装修天花板，可是他们却不用，反而在地板上行走。
If I was to get a habit (as you call it) of walking on the ceiling, like the flies, I should hear enough of it, I daresay.
如果我得了一个像你所说的习惯，像苍蝇一样在天花板上走来走去，那么我想我对这就会听够了。
Even when the worker hammers at the ceiling of the basement, I tell you to see the pipes the lines inside, which makes you dirty.
甚至当工人敲打地下室天花板时，我居然叫你去看里面的管线，弄得你一头灰！
China and India both signed up to a less polluting course of growth, but balked at putting a ceiling on emissions within the next few years.
中国和印度都签署了减少经济发展进程中的污染，但是回避在未来几年设定排放量上限。
The only thing that denotes the elevator to be a Schindler is the characteristic annular ceiling ventilation fan grille design.
唯一得以标明电梯是一部迅达的就是那个属于特徵的环形吸顶式抽气风扇格栅设计。
Talen was looking straight up at the ceiling, not even blinking, he wasn't bleeding but there was a red mark on his head.
塔伦是直视天花板，甚至不闪烁，不出血，但他有一个在他头上的红色标记。
A fuzzy puff playful motif where the ceiling is adorned with dandelion puffs seems to float and drift through the air.
应用绒毛活泼主题的天花板则装饰有蒲公英的绒毛，看起来像是漂浮在空中。
What little space there wAS below the sloping ceiling wAS AS closely covered with pictures AS an Italian votive chapel.
倾斜的天花板下面那一点点空间，如同意大利还愿礼拜堂那样密密地贴满了图画。
The Asian giant is so powerful, in fact, that it could -- if it chose -- help the White House end the debt-ceiling impasse.
实际上，这位亚洲巨人的实力如此强大，如果它愿意，或许可以帮助白宫（WhiteHouse）打破有关债务上限的僵局。
Gates is also known as an avid reader and the ceiling of his large, home library is engraved with a quotation from The Great Gatsby.
众所周知，盖茨是个手不释卷的人。他的家里有很多藏书，在他的书房的屋顶上有一段引自《伟大的盖茨比》的文字。
Change the color of your carpet and bedspreads into ivory white and that of your ceiling lamps into light green.
所以，把地毯、床罩都换成淡雅的象牙白，顶灯的颜色也换成淡绿色。
'There seems to be no price ceiling, ' says Mr. Lin. 'The problem is always the supply. '
林先生说，“艺术品价格似乎没有封顶的时候，唯一的问题始终都是货源。”
"At the moment, she's there with a hole in the ceiling over her head. I don't have time to fix it, " Eugene admits.
“现在，在她的头上的天花板上就有一个破洞在那里。我根本没有时间修理它”尤金承认说。
Hooked up to the heart rate monitor was a pale body, staring off into the ceiling, seeming like she was off in La La land of sorts.
与心率显示器相连的是一具苍白的身躯。她呆滞地凝视着天花板的神情，让人觉得她似乎有点神志不清。
Shortly after graduating, her hands also began to shake and her eyes rolled towards the ceiling uncontrollably.
毕业后不久，她的双手也开始震颤，她的眼球则无法控制地向上翻。
Unable to sleep, I tossed restlessly in the bed and stared at the ceiling, wondering what life would be like stuck on a tiny island.
我睡不着，在床上不安份地翻来翻去，盯着天花板看，想像着困在小岛上，以后的日子该怎么过。
Some of them were smoking in a very classical style, one slim cigarette was between two slim pale fingers up to the ceiling.
有些人抽烟的姿态非常经典，两只细细的苍白的手指间夹着一只细细的香烟，冲着天花板。
But he said that the current blueprint, if passed, at least deals with the debt ceiling and that the government's bills will be paid.
不过他说，如果当前的计划能够通过，至少债务上限的协定能够达成，那么政府的账单能够付清了。
There was a small click, and the ball of light from the lamp flew back to the ceiling and illuminated them all once more.
随着“喀哒”一声轻响，灯火球又飞回到天花板，照亮整个房间。
Loudspeakers embedded in the ceiling of every room summon reporters to inspection tours of NATO targets, often in the middle of the night.
而镶在每个房间天花板上的扩音器召集记者们去巡视北约轰炸的目标，通常会是在午夜前后。
There was one episode, in particular, that held the house from floor to ceiling.
特别是有一个情景，紧扣全场观众的心弦。
She stopped and looked upward at the ceiling.
她停下来，抬起头来看看天花板。
The smoke curled slowly to the ceiling and the red streams widened about her feet.
那股烟袅袅浮上天花板，那两道血在她脚下越来越广阔了。
The ceiling came down with a terrific crash.
随着一声可怕的巨响，天花板塌了下来。
In the parlour a colossal shade of Mrs. Melbury's head fell on the wall and ceiling.
在客厅里，麦尔布礼太太的头的巨大影子投射在墙壁和天花板上。
The plaster flaked constantly from ceiling and walls.
天花板上和墙上的灰泥不断地掉下来。
The radiance of electric lights radiates from the ceiling.
电灯的光芒从天花板上辐射下来。
Water dropped from the ceiling.
水从天花板上滴下。
A rope is hung from the ceiling.
从天花板悬下一条绳索。
Water is straining from the ceiling.
天花板上正在向下滴水。
There are two scuttles on the ceiling; one is at the front and the other at the rear. It is still unnecessary to turn on all lights at 6 pm.
天花板一前一后开了两个天窗，下午6时左右仍然不必大张旗鼓给灯光。
I had so much anxiety that I would wake up in the middle of night and stare at the ceiling.
我非常焦虑，以至于时常在午夜失眠，躺在床上呆呆地望着天花板。
All that separates the Art Deco lobby from the office space is a plate of opaque yellow glass, part of the famed domed ceiling.
将哥特德科风格旅馆与电信办公空间分隔开的是一块不透明的黄色玻璃板材，曾是这座建筑著名的圆顶天花板的一部分。
At night the indirect lighting reflected off the curved ceiling, which added light and made it comfortable to work at home.
夜晚，灯光从曲面天花板反射下来，亮度更亮了，使在家里工作变得舒适。
Obi-Wan slipped into a circular room that had been built in the center of the villa. There was no ceiling, only the roof above.
欧比万闪入一间圆形的房间，这间房位于别墅中心，上方没有天花板，能看到屋顶。
"Our current outlook is for a Republican gain of at least 35 seats in the House, but it is hard to put a ceiling on it, " said Wasserman.
我们目前的展望是，共和党人在众议院至少增加35个议席，但是很难说共和党最多能增加多少议席。
as small wisps of smoke began to float out of his ears and curl towards the ceiling.
同时一股烟雾从他的耳朵里出来，弯弯曲曲地冲上屋顶。
Employee was at a bowling alley and a bucket filled with water (due to a leak) crashed through the ceiling and hit her on the head.
在保龄球馆被装满水的桶（因为漏水）砸到头。
The number of products listed in the Sensitive Track shall be subject to a maximum ceiling to be mutually agreed among the Parties.
敏感类产品的数量应在各缔约方相互同意的基础上设定一个上限。
Such a desire to shorten up exposures in the run-up to the resolution of the debt-ceiling debate led overnight repo rates to spike.
这种在债务上限问题即将解决前减少风险的欲望导致隔夜回购利率升高。
Congress sets a ceiling on how much the country may borrow.
国会要设置一个美国到底可以借多少钱的上限。
The sick old man does nothing but stare at the ceiling all day long.
那个生病的老先生整天除了瞪着天花板看以外什么都没做。
Throughout the dysfunctional dialectic that gripped the two parties over the debt ceiling, the yield on U. S. continued to fall.
在美国两党为债务上限问题争得不可开交时，美国国债的收益率却持续下跌。
I had so much anxiety that I would wake up in the middle of the night and stare at the ceiling.
我太担心了，以至于我会在半夜醒来，盯着天花板。
Rondo's floor vision is still excellent, but it's unclear how close he might be to his ceiling.
隆多的基础还是非常不错的，但他最终能达到怎么样的高度我们还不得而知。
You could say that the debt-ceiling impasse, which prompts such thoughts, is out of the ordinary and no basis for prediction.
你可以说，促使我产生上述想法的债务上限谈判僵局是个非常情况，不能作为预测的依据。
On this view, this summer's fight over raising the debt ceiling was just a preview of a reckoning to come.
从这一观点来看，今夏关于债务上限的争论只不过是将来报应的预演。
Moreover, the calculations show that this new kind of system could ultimately reach as much as 90 percent of that ceiling.
此外，通过计算得出，这种新系统最终可能达到上限的90%。
"Its a pity that the gypsum ceiling and its patterns were all painted white during the renovation, " says Yu.
可惜的是那些石膏的天花板以及它的图案都在重新装修中被油漆成了白色。
And, the ceiling may have been a bit lower than normal because it felt like it was pressing down on me.
并且，天花板可能比正常水平低了些，因为我老觉得它像是要压到我身上一样。
