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. 格状结构

We were crawling along the narrow steel lattice of the bridge. 我们沿着大桥窄窄的钢制格子爬行着。

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 点阵; 原子晶格→see also Bravais lattice