ceiling

【ceiling音标】 英[ˈsi:lɪŋ] 美[ˈsi:lɪŋ]

【单词释义】 ceiling是什么意思：

n.天花板；最高限度；云幕高度；隔板，舱室垫板

[单词分级] 中考英语词汇

[单词复数] ceilings

【ceiling形近词/近似词】

darling   n.（用作称呼）亲爱的

feeling   n.感觉；感情

bowling   n.[U]保龄球运动 v.打保龄球

【单词例句】

◇ When interviewed, the scientist stared at the decorations on the ceiling, thinking for a while, and then said, “I’m not in favour of any arbitrary assumption, but undertaking cloning does differ from the straightforward procedure of making loafs out of flour.
当被采访时，科学家盯着天花板上的装饰物思考了一会儿，说：“我不赞成任何任意的假设，但是从事克隆与用面粉制作面包的简单过程确实不大相同。

---- Be Careful about Cloning

◇ And he touched the ceiling with the spray, and the ceiling rose so high, and where he had touched it there gleamed a golden star.
她用它触了一下天花板，于是天花板就升得很高。凡是她所触到的地方，就有一颗明亮的金星出现。

---- The Red Shoes