名词

1. A new ceiling has recently been fixed on pay.
最近对工资规定了新的最高限额。

2. The new houses in this locality have very high ceilings.
这个地区的新房子天花板甚高。

1. 吊顶：期待您的合作. 中国北京弗拉瑞斯(beijing flourish)工贸有限公司常年供应经销国内外知名品牌高品质绿色建材. 弗拉瑞斯(flourish)主要经营系列:吊顶(ceiling)石膏板吊顶(plaster board ceiling)小石膏板吊顶(plaster board ceiling)等

2. 天花：Glass ceiling可指工作上到了某个阶段之后(即某个工作阶梯),碰到了透明(glass)的天花(ceiling),阻挡继续向上发展,引申为「无形的障碍」. 这个词语多比喻女性在工作上的升迁情况,因为性别角色关系,晋升到一定职阶后无法突破的不公平现象.

3. ceiling：ceil; 云幕高

1. 屋顶;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...
房间很宽敞，窗户和天花板都很高。
e.g. The study was lined from floor to ceiling on every wall with bookcases.
书房的四面墙都摆满了书架，从地板一直到天花板。

2. (官方定的价格、工资等的)上限，最高限额
A ceiling on something such as prices or wages is an official upper limit that cannot be broken.

e.g. ...an informal agreement to put a ceiling on salaries...
对工资封顶的非正式协议
e.g. The agreement sets the ceiling of twenty-two-point-five million barrels a day on OPEC production.
协议规定，欧佩克每天的原油产量不得超过22,500,000桶。

3. 最高飞行限度;升限
A ceiling is the greatest height at which a particular aircraft can fly safely.

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

Synonym: roofcap