装置被牢牢地固定在天花板上。

The device is attached fast to the ceiling.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 装置 zhuāngzhì
  1. to install
  2. installation
  3. equipment
  4. system
  5. unit
  6. device
=2 bèi
  1. quilt
  2. to cover (with)
  3. (literary) to suffer (a misfortune)
  4. used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb)
  5. (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊 bèilu:yóu to "go on a trip")
=2
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
  2. alternative form of (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
=2
  1. alternative form of (bǐ, “that”)
  2. alternative form of (bì, “wig”)
=2 alternative form of
3 牢牢 láoláo
  1. firmly
  2. safely
=4 de
  1. -ly
  2. structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
=4
  1. earth
  2. ground
  3. field
  4. place
  5. land

classifier:

5 固定 dìng
  1. to fix
  2. to fasten
  3. to set rigidly in place
  4. fixed
  5. set
  6. regular
6 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
7 天花板 tiānhuābǎn
  1. ceiling (of a room)
  2. (fig.) upper limit; (slang) the very best (in a given field)
=8 shǎng used in 上聲 shǎngshēng
=8 shàng
  1. (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
  2. first (of multiple parts)
  3. to climb; to get onto; to go up
  4. to attend (class or university)
  5. (directional complement) up
  6. (noun suffix) on; above