单词 | cornice |
释义 | cor·nice (kôrnĭs) n. 1. a. A horizontal molded projection that crowns or completes a building or wall. b. The uppermost part of an entablature. 2. a. A strip of molding that runs along the upper part of a wall just below the ceiling. b. An ornamental horizontal molding or frame used to conceal rods, picture hooks, or other devices. 3. An overhanging mass of windblown snow on a ridge or the crest of a mountain. tr.v. cor·niced, cor·nic·ing, cor·nic·es To supply, decorate, or finish with or as if with a cornice. [Obsolete French, from Italian, possibly from Latin cornīx, cornīc-, crow, from its resemblance to a crow's beak (influenced by Greek korōnis, curved line, flourish).] |
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