A cornice is a strip of wood, plaster, or stone that runs along the top of a wall, just under the ceiling, or along the top of a building on the outside. It is there to look finished and often a little grand; it does not hold the wall up.

A cornice iscornice指的是 a strip of wood, plaster, or stone一條木頭、灰泥或石頭做的線板， that runs along the top of a wall, just under the ceiling沿著牆壁上緣、剛好在天花板下方延伸， or along the top of a building on the outside或是沿著建築物外部的頂端延伸。 It is there to look finished and often a little grand它的作用是讓外觀看起來完工、有時還顯得氣派， it does not hold the wall up並不是用來撐住牆壁的。

Inside a house you might see a simple white cornice where the wall meets the ceiling. On old buildings it can be carved and heavy.

Inside a house you might see在屋子裡你可能會看到 a simple white cornice一條簡單的白色cornice， where the wall meets the ceiling出現在牆壁與天花板交接的地方。 On old buildings在老建築上， it can be carved and heavy它可能雕得很精緻又厚重。

In American home shops people often say crown molding for that indoor strip; cornice is the more general word, used by builders and designers more than in everyday talk.

In American home shops在美國的居家用品店裡， people often say crown molding for that indoor strip人們常把室內那條線板叫做crown molding； cornice is the more general wordcornice則是比較通用的說法， used by builders and designers more than in everyday talk比較常出現在建築師和設計師口中，而不是日常對話裡。

Though actually, climbers also use cornice for a hanging edge of snow on a mountain ridge — the same idea of a lip sticking out — but the sense here is the decorative strip. The word has nothing to do with maize or with ice.

Though actually不過其實， climbers also use cornice for a hanging edge of snow on a mountain ridge登山者也會用cornice來指山脊上突出懸空的雪簷， the same idea of a lip sticking out一樣是「邊緣突出來」的概念， but the sense here is the decorative strip但這裡講的是那條裝飾用的線板。 The word has nothing to do with maize or with ice這個字跟玉米（maize）或冰（ice）都沒有關係。