/'kɔ:nɪs; `kɔrnɪs/
n (architecture 建)
1 ornamental moulding, eg in plaster, round the walls of a room, just below the ceiling 檐口（墙顶上带装饰的突出体, 如用灰泥制的）. =>illus at column 见column之插图.
2 horizontal strip of carved wood or stone along the top of an outside wall （沿外墙的雕木或石刻的）飞檐.
3 overhanging mass of snow or rock on the side of a mountain 雪檐（冻结在悬崖边缘的悬垂的冰雪块; （向外突出的）悬崖.

n[C]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French;Origin:Italian, perhaps from Greek koronis 'stone put on top of a wall']
wood or plaster that runs along the top edge of a wall, used for decoration
　A carved cornice runs around the high-ceilinged room.