Cornice
['kɔːnɪs] or ['kɔrnɪs]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the topmost projecting part of an entablature.
(noun.) a molding at the corner between the ceiling and the top of a wall.
(noun.) a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing.
(verb.) furnish with a cornice.
弗里达編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) Any horizontal, molded or otherwise decorated projection which crowns or finishes the part to which it is affixed; as, the cornice of an order, pedestal, door, window, or house.
约瑟芬校對
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Beading, moulding, projection
ANT:Entablature, fluting, corrugation, cavity, groove
达拉整理
解釋/意思:
n. (classical archit.) the uppermost member of the entablature surmounting the frieze: plaster mouldings round the ceiling of rooms at its junction with the walls.—v.t. to furnish with a cornice.—p.adj. Cor′niced.—ns. Cor′nice-hook -pole -rail a hook pole rail for hanging pictures curtains &c.—n. Cor′nice-ring a ring or moulding on a cannon next below the muzzle-ring.
西莉亚手打
例句/造句/用法:
- And such a heavy cornice round the room! 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- Round by the Cornice to Genoa. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Civita Vecchia, Leghorn, Porto Fino, Genoa, Cornice, Off Nice (which is in there), Marseilles, you and me. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- She was pale as the white marble slab and cornice behind her; her eyes flashed large, dilated, unsmiling. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- And the overloading such a house with colour and such heavy cornices! 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- Some of the larger buildings had corners knocked off; pillars cut in two; cornices smashed; holes driven straight through the walls. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Those intended for stairways, eaves, cornices, windows, doorways, etc. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
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