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TOEFL BNC: 2874 COCA: 2641

ceiling

Word family 
Related topics: Buildings, Air
cei·ling /ˈsiːlɪŋ/ ●●● S3 W3 noun [countableC]   → sealing
1  TBBthe inner surface of the top part of a room 天花板 → roof
 rooms with high ceilings
天花板很高的房间
 a light hanging from the ceiling
吊在天花板上的灯
2  LIMITthe largest number or amount of something that is officially allowed 上限，最高限度
ceiling of
 a public spending ceiling of £240 billion
上限为2,400亿英镑的公共开支
impose/set/put a ceiling (on something)
 The government imposed a ceiling on imports of foreign cars.
政府对进口外国汽车的数量设了上限。
raise/lower the ceiling (on something) 提高/下调（某事物的）上限
3. TTA technical the greatest height an aircraft can fly at or the level of the clouds 最大飞行高度，升限；云幕高度
→ glass ceiling
Examples from the Corpus
ceiling• There is a ceiling on the amount of foreign investment allowed in any company in the country.• The wooden beams and ceiling were crackling in the extreme heat.• Windows were shattered and ceilings cracked in several nearby towns.• The walls and ceilings were black, and the sole illumination was provided by black candles set in empty cat food cans.• But the tour revealed that the building has retained many treasures from its past: Its cathedral ceilings still have rounded corners.• Congress was once again considering raising the federal debt ceiling.• Millions of federal employees may not receive paychecks unless Congress raises the debt ceiling.• Import quotas may rise from the present ceiling of 18.5 million to 20 million.• Genius is Michelangelo at work on the Sistine ceiling.• Benny found herself in a rock-walled tunnel, with bare bulbs hanging from the ceiling at regular intervals.• And heaped up in one corner, almost touching the ceiling, was a huge pile of junk.• The ossuary inside the sanctuary is square with a vaulted ceiling.
impose/set/put a ceiling (on something)• We know the MiG-2s already set a ceiling record of 120,000 feet.• It often pays the artist to try and put a ceiling figure on these expenses.• The Chancellor has set a ceiling of £250,000.• We will issue factories and power stations with licences setting a ceiling on permitted emissions of pollutants.• The regulations set a ceiling of 15 parts per billion.• So they risk losing most potential economic growth if a climate treaty sets ceilings on emissions.
From Longman Business Dictionary
ceilingcei·ling /ˈsiːlɪŋ/ noun [countableC]
the largest level, amount, or number of something that is officially allowed
Oil price ceilings remained in place for a decade.
the strict spending ceilings imposed by last year’s budget
Wage ceilings needed to be introduced and the state pension scheme overhauled.
ceiling on
The new government set a ceiling on prices for basic foodstuffs.
→ see also glass ceiling
Origin ceiling
(1500-1600) ceil “to provide with a ceiling” ((16-20 centuries)), probably from Latin caelare “to cut into a surface”
cei·ling noun
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TOEFL BNC: 2874 COCA: 2641
ceiling

noun¹

 1top surface inside a room房間頂部ADJECTIVE | VERB + CEILING | CEILING + VERB | CEILING + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤high, low, tall (NAmE) 高天花板；低天花板▸➤cathedral (= a high ceiling with open space up to the roof) (NAmE) , domed, sloped, sloping, vaulted大教堂的天花板；半球形天花板；傾斜式天花板；拱形天花板➤drop, false, suspended吊頂；假天花板；懸吊頂➤plaster灰泥天花板▸➤painted彩繪天花板◇The palace is famous for its painted ceilings.這座宮殿以其彩繪天花板而聞名。VERB + CEILING➤paint, plaster在天花板上繪畫／抹灰泥➤reach, touch夠到／觸到天花板➤drop, lower吊頂；降低天花板➤raise提升天花板➤support支撑頂棚CEILING + VERB➤collapse天花板坍塌CEILING + NOUN➤fan, light, tile吊扇；吊燈；吊頂板材➤height天花板高度PREPOSITION➤on the ceiling在天花板上◇a fly on the ceiling天花板上的蒼蠅PHRASES➤from ceiling to floor, from floor to ceiling從天花板到地板；從地板到天花板◇The bathroom has mirrors from ceiling to floor.浴室裝有從天花板直到地板的鏡子。
ceiling

noun²

 2top limit on wages, prices, etc.上限ADJECTIVE | VERB + CEILING | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤debt, expenditure, price債務／開支／價格上限VERB + CEILING➤impose, place, put, set規定最高限度；設定最高限度◇They've put a $50 ceiling on their admission charge.他們已規定入場費最高為 50 美元。➤abolish撤銷上限▸➤lift, raise提高上限◇The government has decided to lift price ceilings on bread and milk.政府決定提高麪包和牛奶的最高限價。➤lower降低上限➤break打破上限PREPOSITION➤ceiling on⋯的上限◇a ceiling on imports進口的上限
TOEFL BNC: 2874 COCA: 2641
ceiling noun
⇨ limit 1
TOEFL BNC: 2874 COCA: 2641
ceiling
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