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CEILING

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Traducere în limba română

ceiling substantiv

1. tavan, plafon;

(amer.) to hit the ceiling a se înfuria, a face spume la gură.

2. (fig.) plafon; maximum, nivel maxim (al preţurilor etc.).

3. (constr.) acoperire, astereală; scândură pentru astereală.

4. (av.) plafon de zbor.

5. (meteor.) plafonul norilor.

6. (mar.) paiol, căptuşeală interioară.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

I have said that though the floor and ceiling were of iron, the walls were of wood.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As for the Ball of Fire, the false Wizard had hung that also from the ceiling.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)

Mr. Micawber, leaning back in his chair, trifled with his eye-glass and cast his eyes up at the ceiling; but I thought him observant of Traddles, too, who was looking at the fire.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Imagination plays us strange tricks, and though I have as steady a nerve as a man might wish, I cannot answer for what I might see if I were to stand under that blood-stained ceiling at midnight.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A tower rose to the ceiling, halfway up appeared a window with a lamp burning in it, and behind the white curtain appeared Zara in a lovely blue and silver dress, waiting for Roderigo.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

When folate levels reached approximately 20 nanomoles per liter (nm/L), which is within the normal range for adults, further increases in folate levels did not confer additional benefits, indicating a threshold or ceiling effect.

(Proper maternal folate level may reduce child obesity risk, NIH)

Mr. Micawber, with his eyes still cast up at the ceiling, suggested “Discount.”

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

"Ten o'clock," she remarked, apparently finding the time on the ceiling. "Time for this good girl to go to bed."

(The Great Gatsby, de F. Scott Fitzgerald)

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