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cornice

/kawr-nis/US // ˈkɔr nɪs //UK // (ˈkɔːnɪs) //

檐口,檐板,檐角,檐口处

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n.名词 noun
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    • : Architecture. any prominent, continuous, horizontally projecting feature surmounting a wall or other construction, or dividing it horizontally for compositional purposes.the uppermost member of a classical entablature, consisting of a bed molding, a corona, and a cymatium, with rows of dentils, modillions, etc., often placed between the bed molding and the corona.
    • : any of various other ornamental horizontal moldings or bands, as for concealing hooks or rods from which curtains are hung or for supporting picture hooks.
    • : a mass of snow, ice, etc., projecting over a mountain ridge.
v.有主动词 verb
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    cor·niced, cor·nic·ing.

    • : to furnish or finish with a cornice.

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Examples

  • I questioned each decision, the stability of each slope and cornice, and the security of each rock.

  • The angle of my bridge and the curvature of the snout itself create a steep slope to a cornice—perfect for sending poorly fit coverings off the edge.

  • You quickly change your carefully laid plan to something new—maybe a less obvious route that crosses a big avalanche path or a ridge guarded by a fat cornice.

  • The faint candle-light glimmered on a ponderous gilded cornice, which had also sustained violence.

  • It consists of two stories rising to a cornice topped by a steep, many-dormered roof.

  • A richly corbelled cornice crowns the structure, above which a spire was projected by Giotto, but never carried out.

  • The horizontal lines of the architrave and cornice predominate over the vertical lines of the columns.

  • A little later the walls began to be covered with panels of thin slabs of marble with a baseboard and cornice.