| 单词 | ceiling |
| 释义 | ceiling (once / 358 pages) 1n 2n 3n 4n A ceiling is the upper surface of a room. If you’re lying on the floor, you’re staring up at the ceiling. If you’re lying on the ceiling, you’ll be lying on the floor again soon. You may have heard the sky’s the limit — but in truth, the limit is the ceiling, both physically and metaphorically. The top of a room, but still under the roof, a ceiling is the point at which you can go no farther. You’ll find both helium balloons and hot tempers hitting it. In the workplace, if you aren't getting that promotion and can't understand why, you might have hit a "glass ceiling." WORD FAMILYceiling: ceilings USAGE EXAMPLESThere is a sumptuous mosaic ceiling, with marble columns and copper clay friezes. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) The 25-year-old victim fell through the corrugated plastic ceiling of a kitchen annexe in a basement flat on Charles Road on New Year's Day. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) Is there anything better than the Met’s Viennese chandeliers gliding to the ceiling as the lights dim? New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 n the overhead upper surface of a covered space 2he hated painting the ceiling Hypo|Hyper overhead (nautical) the top surface of an enclosed space on a ship upper surface the side that is uppermost n an upper limit on what is allowed 3he put a ceiling on the number of women who worked for him Syn|Hypo|Hyper cap, roof glass ceiling a ceiling based on attitudinal or organizational bias in the work force that prevents minorities and women from advancing to leadership positions control the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc. n (meteorology) altitude of the lowest layer of clouds 4Hyper altitude, height elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface n maximum altitude at which a plane can fly (under specified conditions) Hypo|Hyper absolute ceiling the maximum altitude at which an airplane can maintain horizontal flight combat ceiling, service ceilingaltitude above which a plane cannot climb faster than a given rate altitude, height elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface |
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