lattice

1. N-COUNT A lattice is a pattern or structure made of strips of wood or another material which cross over each other diagonally leaving holes in between. 格狀結搆

We were crawling along the narrow steel lattice of the bridge. 我們沿著大橋窄窄的鋼制格子爬行著。

2. N-COUNT an array of objects or points in a periodic pattern in two or three dimensions, esp an array of atoms, ions, etc, in a crystal or an array of points indicating their positions in space 點陣; 原子晶格→see also Bravais lattice