Definition of cornice in English:

cornice

noun ˈkɔːnɪsˈkɔrnɪs

1An ornamental moulding round the wall of a room just below the ceiling.
（装饰性）飞檐；檐口
Example sentencesExamples
- There are double-glazed, maintenance-free windows in each house and decorative ceiling cornices in the living room and hall.
- With an original oak floor, this area also features a carved oak ceiling rose, pediments, cornices and architraves.
- The interconnecting reception rooms to the left both have original cornices and ceiling roses as well as matching marble fireplaces with fitted gas fires, brass hoods and tiled insets.
- Each has a feature fireplace surround and there are ceiling cornices in the living room and hallway.
- The original sash windows are in perfect working condition, the original wooden window panelling and doors remain and the main rooms have cornices and ceiling roses.
1. 1.1 A horizontal moulded projection crowning a building or structure, especially the uppermost member of the entablature of an order, surmounting the frieze.
  檐板；上楣
  Example sentencesExamples
  Now a historic district, downtown boasts blocks of two- and three-story commercial buildings with elaborate cornices.
  The flat fourth story is crowned by an emphatic cornice, above which is a tall mansard roof sheltering two more stories.
  To one side lie the stately old buildings with columns and cornices that reference the school's 1845 heritage.
  The windows are surmounted by rusticated wooden jack arches with superimposed keystones, and a heavy modillion cornice crowns the bold Georgian proportions of the facade.
  Sometimes the sky is greeted with a white cornice over an otherwise brown building.
2An overhanging mass of hardened snow at the edge of a mountain precipice.
雪檐（指冻结在悬崖边缘的冰雪块）
Example sentencesExamples
- In the wild there is no piste patrol to pick up the pieces, and the mountains bristle with rocks, cliffs and cornices.
- In winter, it looks positively Alpine when the snow forms sweeping cornices.
- Moments later I was kicking my way up and over the slightly overhanging cornice on to the plateau above.
- Climbing alpine style - fast and light, with no set camps - they took on bitter winds and heavy-laden cornices of snow but summited in three and a half days.
- Hawk was standing on top of a snow cornice near the top of the peak when the cornice broke loose from the mountain, sending Hawk churning down the slope.

Derivatives

corniced

adjective

It wasn't corniced at all and we enjoyed a straightforward traverse to the mountain's south-east ridge.
Example sentencesExamples
- The entrance hall is an elegant heart to this 112 square metre house and features original polished floorboards and a high corniced ceiling with centre rose and dado rail.
- A porch with a solid teak front door opens onto a bright hallway with a polished French oak floor, a corniced ceiling, understairs storage and guest toilet.
- At the moment the property includes an L-shaped entrance hall with a cream colour scheme and a corniced ceiling with decorative archway.
- Bedrooms have high, corniced ceilings and classical furnishings, and suites - which include the Imperial, one of Europe's most expensive - justify the label ‘sumptuous’.

cornicing

noun

The enclosed entrance porch has a mosaic tiled floor and leads to a gracious entrance hall with wooden floorboards, a dado rail, ornate cornicing and a centrepiece.
Example sentencesExamples
- The entrance hall has a dado rail and cornicing.
- Two interconnecting reception rooms are to the left, both with original decorative features including dado rails, decorative cornicing and centre roses.
- This leads to a hall with hand-carved ceiling cornicing and coving, a dado rail and archway.
- It includes an entrance hall with ceiling cornicing, a dado rail, solid timber floors and an understairs storage cupboard.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from French corniche, from Italian cornice, perhaps from Latin cornix 'crow' (compare with corbel), but influenced by Greek korōnis 'coping stone'.

Definition of cornice in US English:

cornice

nounˈkôrnisˈkɔrnɪs

1An ornamental molding around the wall of a room just below the ceiling.
（装饰性）飞檐；檐口
Example sentencesExamples
- The interconnecting reception rooms to the left both have original cornices and ceiling roses as well as matching marble fireplaces with fitted gas fires, brass hoods and tiled insets.
- The original sash windows are in perfect working condition, the original wooden window panelling and doors remain and the main rooms have cornices and ceiling roses.
- With an original oak floor, this area also features a carved oak ceiling rose, pediments, cornices and architraves.
- There are double-glazed, maintenance-free windows in each house and decorative ceiling cornices in the living room and hall.
- Each has a feature fireplace surround and there are ceiling cornices in the living room and hallway.
1. 1.1 A horizontal molded projection crowning a building or structure, especially the uppermost member of the entablature of an order, surmounting the frieze.
  檐板；上楣
  Example sentencesExamples
  To one side lie the stately old buildings with columns and cornices that reference the school's 1845 heritage.
  The flat fourth story is crowned by an emphatic cornice, above which is a tall mansard roof sheltering two more stories.
  Now a historic district, downtown boasts blocks of two- and three-story commercial buildings with elaborate cornices.
  Sometimes the sky is greeted with a white cornice over an otherwise brown building.
  The windows are surmounted by rusticated wooden jack arches with superimposed keystones, and a heavy modillion cornice crowns the bold Georgian proportions of the facade.
2An overhanging mass of hardened snow at the edge of a mountain precipice.
雪檐（指冻结在悬崖边缘的冰雪块）
Example sentencesExamples
- Hawk was standing on top of a snow cornice near the top of the peak when the cornice broke loose from the mountain, sending Hawk churning down the slope.
- Moments later I was kicking my way up and over the slightly overhanging cornice on to the plateau above.
- In the wild there is no piste patrol to pick up the pieces, and the mountains bristle with rocks, cliffs and cornices.
- In winter, it looks positively Alpine when the snow forms sweeping cornices.
- Climbing alpine style - fast and light, with no set camps - they took on bitter winds and heavy-laden cornices of snow but summited in three and a half days.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from French corniche, from Italian cornice, perhaps from Latin cornix ‘crow’ (compare with corbel), but influenced by Greek korōnis ‘coping stone’.

词汇	cornice
释义	Definition of cornice in English: cornice noun ˈkɔːnɪsˈkɔrnɪs 1An ornamental moulding round the wall of a room just below the ceiling. （装饰性）飞檐；檐口 Example sentencesExamples There are double-glazed, maintenance-free windows in each house and decorative ceiling cornices in the living room and hall. With an original oak floor, this area also features a carved oak ceiling rose, pediments, cornices and architraves. The interconnecting reception rooms to the left both have original cornices and ceiling roses as well as matching marble fireplaces with fitted gas fires, brass hoods and tiled insets. Each has a feature fireplace surround and there are ceiling cornices in the living room and hallway. The original sash windows are in perfect working condition, the original wooden window panelling and doors remain and the main rooms have cornices and ceiling roses. 1.1 A horizontal moulded projection crowning a building or structure, especially the uppermost member of the entablature of an order, surmounting the frieze. 檐板；上楣 Example sentencesExamples Now a historic district, downtown boasts blocks of two- and three-story commercial buildings with elaborate cornices. The flat fourth story is crowned by an emphatic cornice, above which is a tall mansard roof sheltering two more stories. To one side lie the stately old buildings with columns and cornices that reference the school's 1845 heritage. The windows are surmounted by rusticated wooden jack arches with superimposed keystones, and a heavy modillion cornice crowns the bold Georgian proportions of the facade. Sometimes the sky is greeted with a white cornice over an otherwise brown building. 2An overhanging mass of hardened snow at the edge of a mountain precipice. 雪檐（指冻结在悬崖边缘的冰雪块） Example sentencesExamples In the wild there is no piste patrol to pick up the pieces, and the mountains bristle with rocks, cliffs and cornices. In winter, it looks positively Alpine when the snow forms sweeping cornices. Moments later I was kicking my way up and over the slightly overhanging cornice on to the plateau above. Climbing alpine style - fast and light, with no set camps - they took on bitter winds and heavy-laden cornices of snow but summited in three and a half days. Hawk was standing on top of a snow cornice near the top of the peak when the cornice broke loose from the mountain, sending Hawk churning down the slope. Derivatives corniced adjective It wasn't corniced at all and we enjoyed a straightforward traverse to the mountain's south-east ridge. Example sentencesExamples The entrance hall is an elegant heart to this 112 square metre house and features original polished floorboards and a high corniced ceiling with centre rose and dado rail. A porch with a solid teak front door opens onto a bright hallway with a polished French oak floor, a corniced ceiling, understairs storage and guest toilet. At the moment the property includes an L-shaped entrance hall with a cream colour scheme and a corniced ceiling with decorative archway. Bedrooms have high, corniced ceilings and classical furnishings, and suites - which include the Imperial, one of Europe's most expensive - justify the label ‘sumptuous’. cornicing noun The enclosed entrance porch has a mosaic tiled floor and leads to a gracious entrance hall with wooden floorboards, a dado rail, ornate cornicing and a centrepiece. Example sentencesExamples The entrance hall has a dado rail and cornicing. Two interconnecting reception rooms are to the left, both with original decorative features including dado rails, decorative cornicing and centre roses. This leads to a hall with hand-carved ceiling cornicing and coving, a dado rail and archway. It includes an entrance hall with ceiling cornicing, a dado rail, solid timber floors and an understairs storage cupboard. Origin Mid 16th century: from French corniche, from Italian cornice, perhaps from Latin cornix 'crow' (compare with corbel), but influenced by Greek korōnis 'coping stone'. Definition of cornice in US English: cornice nounˈkôrnisˈkɔrnɪs 1An ornamental molding around the wall of a room just below the ceiling. （装饰性）飞檐；檐口 Example sentencesExamples The interconnecting reception rooms to the left both have original cornices and ceiling roses as well as matching marble fireplaces with fitted gas fires, brass hoods and tiled insets. The original sash windows are in perfect working condition, the original wooden window panelling and doors remain and the main rooms have cornices and ceiling roses. With an original oak floor, this area also features a carved oak ceiling rose, pediments, cornices and architraves. There are double-glazed, maintenance-free windows in each house and decorative ceiling cornices in the living room and hall. Each has a feature fireplace surround and there are ceiling cornices in the living room and hallway. 1.1 A horizontal molded projection crowning a building or structure, especially the uppermost member of the entablature of an order, surmounting the frieze. 檐板；上楣 Example sentencesExamples To one side lie the stately old buildings with columns and cornices that reference the school's 1845 heritage. The flat fourth story is crowned by an emphatic cornice, above which is a tall mansard roof sheltering two more stories. Now a historic district, downtown boasts blocks of two- and three-story commercial buildings with elaborate cornices. Sometimes the sky is greeted with a white cornice over an otherwise brown building. The windows are surmounted by rusticated wooden jack arches with superimposed keystones, and a heavy modillion cornice crowns the bold Georgian proportions of the facade. 2An overhanging mass of hardened snow at the edge of a mountain precipice. 雪檐（指冻结在悬崖边缘的冰雪块） Example sentencesExamples Hawk was standing on top of a snow cornice near the top of the peak when the cornice broke loose from the mountain, sending Hawk churning down the slope. Moments later I was kicking my way up and over the slightly overhanging cornice on to the plateau above. In the wild there is no piste patrol to pick up the pieces, and the mountains bristle with rocks, cliffs and cornices. In winter, it looks positively Alpine when the snow forms sweeping cornices. Climbing alpine style - fast and light, with no set camps - they took on bitter winds and heavy-laden cornices of snow but summited in three and a half days. Origin Mid 16th century: from French corniche, from Italian cornice, perhaps from Latin cornix ‘crow’ (compare with corbel), but influenced by Greek korōnis ‘coping stone’.
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