弘扬国学 · 传承文化

cornice

英 ['kɔːnɪs] 美 ['kɔrnɪs]

解释

n. 檐口，飞檐
vt. 装檐口

※ 提供单词"cornice"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

cornice 檐口

词源可能同crown, 花冠，因形似花冠而得名。

英文词源

cornice (n.): 1560s, from Middle French corniche (16c.) or directly from Italian cornice "ornamental molding along a wall," perhaps from Latin coronis "curved line, flourish in writing," from Greek koronis "curved object" (see crown). Perhaps influenced by (or even from) Latin cornicem, accusative of cornix "crow" (compare corbel).

展开全部 ▼

例句和用法

1. She loved the gracefully high ceiling, with its white-painted cornice.: 她喜欢这里高高的天花板，它造型优美，还带有一圈漆成白色的飞檐。

2. Though it rained yesterday, the cornice is still dripping water.: 尽管昨天下雨，檐口现在仍在滴水。

3. To supply , decorate, or finish with or as if with a cornice.: (建筑)檐口下一系列的装饰支架.

4. It rained yesterday, the cornice is dripping water - be careful.: 昨天下雨了, 檐口滴水,你小心点.

5. Cornice: a horizontal molded projection that crowns or completes a building or wall.: 檐口: 顶盖或结束某建筑或墙的一种水平的铸造的凸出物.