1. 屋頂;天花板 A ceiling is the horizontal surface that forms the top part or roof inside a room.
e.g. The rooms were spacious, with tall windows and high ceilings... 房間很寬敞，窗戶和天花板都很高。 e.g. The study was lined from floor to ceiling on every wall with bookcases. 書房的四面墻都擺滿了書架，從地板一直到天花板。
2. (官方定的價格、工資等的)上限，最高限額 A ceiling on something such as prices or wages is an official upper limit that cannot be broken.
ceiling在線翻譯
e.g. ...an informal agreement to put a ceiling on salaries... 對工資封頂?shù)姆钦絽f(xié)議 e.g. The agreement sets the ceiling of twenty-two-point-five million barrels a day on OPEC production. 協(xié)議規(guī)定，歐佩克每天的原油產(chǎn)量不得超過22,500,000桶。
3. 最高飛行限度;升限 A ceiling is the greatest height at which a particular aircraft can fly safely.
ceiling英英釋義
ceiling的解釋
noun
1. the overhead upper surface of a covered space
e.g. he hated painting the ceiling
2. (meteorology) altitude of the lowest layer of clouds
3. maximum altitude at which a plane can fly (under specified conditions)
4. an upper limit on what is allowed
e.g. he put a ceiling on the number of women who worked for him there was a roof on salaries they established a cap for prices