Ceiling 音标拼音: [s'ilɪŋ]
n . 天花板,最高限额
天花板,最高限额
ceiling n 1 :
the overhead upper surface of a covered space ; "
he hated painting the ceiling "
2 : (
meteorology )
altitude of the lowest layer of clouds 3 :
an upper limit on what is allowed ; "
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 " [
synonym :
{
ceiling }, {
roof }, {
cap }]
4 :
maximum altitude at which a plane can fly (
under specified conditions )
Ceil \
Ceil \ (
s [=
e ]
l ),
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Ceiled } (
s [=
e ]
ld );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Ceiling }.] [
From an older noun ,
fr .
F .
ciel heaven ,
canopy ,
fr .
L .
caelum heaven ,
vault ,
arch ,
covering ;
cf .
Gr .
koi ^
los hollow .]
1 .
To overlay or cover the inner side of the roof of ;
to furnish with a ceiling ;
as ,
to ceil a room .
[
1913 Webster ]
The greater house he ceiled with fir tree . --
2 Chron .
iii .
5 [
1913 Webster ]
2 .
To line or finish a surface ,
as of a wall ,
with plaster ,
stucco ,
thin boards ,
or the like .
[
1913 Webster ]
Ceiling \
Ceil "
ing \,
n . [
See {
Cell },
v .
t .]
1 . (
Arch .)
(
a )
The inside lining of a room overhead ;
the under side of the floor above ;
the upper surface opposite to the floor .
(
b )
The lining or finishing of any wall or other surface ,
with plaster ,
thin boards ,
etc .;
also ,
the work when done .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Naut .)
The inner planking of a vessel .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Camp ceiling }.
See under {
Camp }.
{
Ceiling boards },
Thin narrow boards used to ceil with .
[
1913 Webster ]
182 Moby Thesaurus words for "
ceiling ":
CAT ,
acme ,
aerospace ,
aerosphere ,
air hole ,
air pocket ,
airspace ,
all ,
altitude ,
altitude peak ,
apogee ,
atmospheric visibility ,
automatic control ,
blast -
off ,
border line ,
bottom price ,
bound ,
boundary ,
boundary condition ,
boundary line ,
bourn ,
break boundary ,
breakoff point ,
bump ,
burn ,
burnout ,
business index ,
ceiling price ,
ceiling unlimited ,
circumscription ,
clarity ,
clearness ,
climax ,
compass ,
confine ,
conspicuity ,
conspicuousness ,
consumer price index ,
cost -
of -
living index ,
crosswind ,
crown ,
crystal -
clearness ,
cutoff ,
cutoff point ,
deadline ,
definiteness ,
definition ,
delimitation ,
demand curve ,
descent ,
determinant ,
distinctness ,
division line ,
eaves ,
elevation ,
eminence ,
empty space ,
end ,
end of burning ,
evidence ,
evidentness ,
exaltation ,
extreme ,
extremity ,
favorable wind ,
finish ,
flight ,
floor ,
floor price ,
fog ,
front ,
frontier ,
hauteur ,
head wind ,
hedge ,
height ,
heighth ,
high visibility ,
high -
pressure area ,
high -
water mark ,
highest degree ,
highness ,
hole ,
housetop ,
ignition ,
impact ,
inflation ,
inflationary spiral ,
interface ,
ionosphere ,
jetstream ,
lantern ,
launch ,
lift -
off ,
limen ,
limit ,
limitation ,
limiting factor ,
line ,
line of demarcation ,
loftiness ,
low visibility ,
low -
pressure area ,
low -
water mark ,
lower limit ,
manifestness ,
march ,
mark ,
maximum ,
mete ,
ne plus ultra ,
nth degree ,
obviousness ,
overcast ,
overhead ,
patentness ,
peak ,
penthouse ,
percipi ,
perpendicular distance ,
pinnacle ,
plafond ,
plainness ,
pocket ,
price ceiling ,
price index ,
price level ,
prominence ,
ridgepole ,
rising prices ,
rocket launching ,
roof ,
roof garden ,
roof -
deck ,
roofage ,
roofing ,
roofpole ,
rooftop ,
rooftree ,
roughness ,
seeing ,
shingles ,
shoot ,
shot ,
skylight ,
slates ,
soup ,
space ,
start ,
starting line ,
starting point ,
stature ,
stratosphere ,
sublimity ,
substratosphere ,
summit ,
tail wind ,
tallness ,
target date ,
term ,
terminal date ,
terminus ,
the whole ,
threshold ,
tiles ,
time allotment ,
top ,
top price ,
toploftiness ,
trajectory ,
tropopause ,
troposphere ,
trough ,
turbulence ,
upper limit ,
utmost ,
utmost extent ,
uttermost ,
velocity peak ,
visibility ,
visibility unlimited ,
visibility zero
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