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词汇 lattice
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Definition of lattice in English:

lattice

noun ˈlatɪsˈlædəs
  • 1A structure consisting of strips of wood or metal crossed and fastened together with square or diamond-shaped spaces left between, used as a screen or fence or as a support for climbing plants.

    (用木条或金属条搭成的方格或菱形格结构,多用作屏风、栅栏或攀缘植物支架的)花格结构,格构

    honeysuckle was growing up a lattice round the door
    the lift stopped and he peered through the metal lattice
    as modifier a lattice fence
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Climbing up the lattice made Cerri dizzy, so as she climbed, she focused her thoughts on what she'd say to Alia to convince her to stay.
    • The place was beautifully landscaped - flowers and plants grew up a lattice that created a sort of canopy above the path.
    • It may be the most elegant and sophisticated wood yard in the world, but its three-dimensional lattice structure will work excellently as a timber seasoning device.
    • The windows are narrow with diamond-shaped lead lattices.
    • The windows were covered with a lattice of thick metal grilles, and the doors were of reinforced steel.
    • At the rear of each, Tom attached a lattice panel to support the rose canes, provide a backrest, and enclose the seat.
    • Atop the stairstep stucco fence, cedar lattice was added to heighten the enclosure.
    • Rooms overlooking the courtyard upstairs have widely spaced lattice woodwork to allow for cross ventilation with facing windows.
    • In this initial study, we primarily use two-dimensional square lattice structures.
    • A construction technique called ‘the woodpile’ which creates a diamond lattice, requires years to produce a workable structure.
    • He designed and built the lattice fence himself, setting the stepped sections back slightly from the sidewalk to accommodate a planting strip.
    • Using nails or screws, connect the sides of the archways with wood or wire lattices from which the vines will grow.
    • Instead of planing any projecting edge of a face frame, you can build out the cabinet sides with strips of wood lattice or plywood before you install the door over the end panel.
    • Grey bricks, some with dragon motifs, were surmounted by wooden screens, vivid lattice and slender doors.
    • One particularly attractive version uses solid boards for the lower four or five feet of the fence, then lattice for the upper one or two feet.
    • I simplified his design, but the principle was the same: the trellis - upright posts and a lattice grille - would support climbers such as roses and clematis.
    • These types of vines can most easily grasp onto wires or thin lattice pieces that are spaced closely together.
    • The restaurant itself is interesting, with use being made of lattice wood to give a ‘Thai’ feel to the place.
    • Its five floors are linked by an old lift with a metal lattice door, clanked shut by an ageing attendant.
    • Then we planted some climbing plants on the ground below the lattice.
    Synonyms
    grid, latticework, fretwork, open framework, openwork, trellis, trelliswork, network, mesh, web, webbing, netting, net, tracery, interlacing, reticulation, reticulum, grate, grating, grille, grillwork, criss-cross, matrix
    1. 1.1 An interlaced structure or pattern resembling a lattice.
      交错结构;花格图案
      the lattice of branches above her

      她头顶上方纵横交错的树枝。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Seen by moonlight, the huge atrium garden was beautiful: White and pale blue, delicate lattices of frost on branches turned to glittering lace.
      • The blue is criss-crossed with a lattice of delicate, dissipating vapour trails from the transatlantic jets passing overhead.
      • This glass could, in its molten state, be drawn and twisted into elaborate shapes; colored canes were sometimes inserted to create lacy lattices or millet ion patterns.
      • The new gold was burnished before the lattice pattern was inscribed and the punching executed using tools specially made to imitate the original ones.
      • A neighbouring image presents a lattice of veins crisscrossing a pale leaf, web-like tendrils seemingly reaching into the world of the spider that rests in the image further along.
      • Moorish archways and arabesque screens slip a lattice of shadows across the comings and goings in the lobby.
      • Working carefully - the dough is delicate - overlay the strips to form a lattice on top of the filling.
      • Rising above the 70th floor, up to 1,500 feet, is a proposed structure supported by a lattice of tension cables similar to those of the Brooklyn Bridge.
      • The lattice pattern on the front of her blouse, unlike Viola's, draws sensual attention to her bust line.
      • The lattice, with its entwined flowering twig pattern, was finished in pink, bronze, and green by brushing on copper-based colorants.
      • There are three distinct patterns of floor tiles: separate white tiles framed in a lattice of black strips, white crosses on a black ground, and black crosses on a white ground.
      • Soften capsicum in microwave and make a lattice pattern.
      • Had you retained this lattice, the ceiling above would have required replastering, as the unsightly remedial works would have been visible through the grid.
      Synonyms
      grid, latticework, fretwork, open framework, openwork, trellis, trelliswork, network, mesh, web, webbing, netting, net, tracery, interlacing, reticulation, reticulum, grate, grating, grille, grillwork, criss-cross, matrix
    2. 1.2Physics A regular repeated three-dimensional arrangement of atoms, ions, or molecules in a metal or other crystalline solid.
      〔物理〕(金属或其他晶体的)格(点)
      Example sentencesExamples
      • These lattices join together into one of seven different crystal systems, each contributing to a crystal's unique qualities.
      • The attractive force experienced is easily sufficient to break the lattice structure that sodium chloride is normally encountered in.
      • The copper forms a square lattice with an oxygen atom bridging each pair of copper atoms.
      • To get to it, imagine removing two-thirds of the carbon atoms and then collapsing the metal lattice, albeit in a complex way.
      • A molecule is first placed at the center of a square lattice.
      • Bizarrely, pushing the lattice closer together, while hindering electrons, nevertheless makes its easier for holes to move.

Derivatives

  • latticing

  • noun

Origin

Middle English: from Old French lattis, from latte 'lath', of Germanic origin.

  • A lattice is a structure made of laths and comes from Old French lattis, from lattelath’ (Old English), of Germanic origin. The ordered criss-cross pattern associated with the word has led to its application in many contexts, particularly in science.

Rhymes

Attis, gratis

Definition of lattice in US English:

lattice

nounˈladəsˈlædəs
  • 1A structure consisting of strips of wood or metal crossed and fastened together with square or diamond-shaped spaces left between, used as a screen or fence or as a support for climbing plants.

    (用木条或金属条搭成的方格或菱形格结构,多用作屏风、栅栏或攀缘植物支架的)花格结构,格构

    Example sentencesExamples
    • One particularly attractive version uses solid boards for the lower four or five feet of the fence, then lattice for the upper one or two feet.
    • Using nails or screws, connect the sides of the archways with wood or wire lattices from which the vines will grow.
    • In this initial study, we primarily use two-dimensional square lattice structures.
    • The windows are narrow with diamond-shaped lead lattices.
    • At the rear of each, Tom attached a lattice panel to support the rose canes, provide a backrest, and enclose the seat.
    • Atop the stairstep stucco fence, cedar lattice was added to heighten the enclosure.
    • It may be the most elegant and sophisticated wood yard in the world, but its three-dimensional lattice structure will work excellently as a timber seasoning device.
    • Then we planted some climbing plants on the ground below the lattice.
    • These types of vines can most easily grasp onto wires or thin lattice pieces that are spaced closely together.
    • Instead of planing any projecting edge of a face frame, you can build out the cabinet sides with strips of wood lattice or plywood before you install the door over the end panel.
    • The restaurant itself is interesting, with use being made of lattice wood to give a ‘Thai’ feel to the place.
    • Grey bricks, some with dragon motifs, were surmounted by wooden screens, vivid lattice and slender doors.
    • The place was beautifully landscaped - flowers and plants grew up a lattice that created a sort of canopy above the path.
    • Its five floors are linked by an old lift with a metal lattice door, clanked shut by an ageing attendant.
    • A construction technique called ‘the woodpile’ which creates a diamond lattice, requires years to produce a workable structure.
    • The windows were covered with a lattice of thick metal grilles, and the doors were of reinforced steel.
    • He designed and built the lattice fence himself, setting the stepped sections back slightly from the sidewalk to accommodate a planting strip.
    • Rooms overlooking the courtyard upstairs have widely spaced lattice woodwork to allow for cross ventilation with facing windows.
    • I simplified his design, but the principle was the same: the trellis - upright posts and a lattice grille - would support climbers such as roses and clematis.
    • Climbing up the lattice made Cerri dizzy, so as she climbed, she focused her thoughts on what she'd say to Alia to convince her to stay.
    Synonyms
    grid, latticework, fretwork, open framework, openwork, trellis, trelliswork, network, mesh, web, webbing, netting, net, tracery, interlacing, reticulation, reticulum, grate, grating, grille, grillwork, criss-cross, matrix
    1. 1.1 An interlaced structure or pattern resembling a lattice.
      交错结构;花格图案
      the lattice of branches above her

      她头顶上方纵横交错的树枝。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The blue is criss-crossed with a lattice of delicate, dissipating vapour trails from the transatlantic jets passing overhead.
      • Moorish archways and arabesque screens slip a lattice of shadows across the comings and goings in the lobby.
      • The lattice, with its entwined flowering twig pattern, was finished in pink, bronze, and green by brushing on copper-based colorants.
      • A neighbouring image presents a lattice of veins crisscrossing a pale leaf, web-like tendrils seemingly reaching into the world of the spider that rests in the image further along.
      • Rising above the 70th floor, up to 1,500 feet, is a proposed structure supported by a lattice of tension cables similar to those of the Brooklyn Bridge.
      • The lattice pattern on the front of her blouse, unlike Viola's, draws sensual attention to her bust line.
      • This glass could, in its molten state, be drawn and twisted into elaborate shapes; colored canes were sometimes inserted to create lacy lattices or millet ion patterns.
      • There are three distinct patterns of floor tiles: separate white tiles framed in a lattice of black strips, white crosses on a black ground, and black crosses on a white ground.
      • Soften capsicum in microwave and make a lattice pattern.
      • Seen by moonlight, the huge atrium garden was beautiful: White and pale blue, delicate lattices of frost on branches turned to glittering lace.
      • The new gold was burnished before the lattice pattern was inscribed and the punching executed using tools specially made to imitate the original ones.
      • Had you retained this lattice, the ceiling above would have required replastering, as the unsightly remedial works would have been visible through the grid.
      • Working carefully - the dough is delicate - overlay the strips to form a lattice on top of the filling.
      Synonyms
      grid, latticework, fretwork, open framework, openwork, trellis, trelliswork, network, mesh, web, webbing, netting, net, tracery, interlacing, reticulation, reticulum, grate, grating, grille, grillwork, criss-cross, matrix
    2. 1.2Physics A regular repeated three-dimensional arrangement of atoms, ions, or molecules in a metal or other crystalline solid.
      〔物理〕(金属或其他晶体的)格(点)
      Example sentencesExamples
      • To get to it, imagine removing two-thirds of the carbon atoms and then collapsing the metal lattice, albeit in a complex way.
      • These lattices join together into one of seven different crystal systems, each contributing to a crystal's unique qualities.
      • Bizarrely, pushing the lattice closer together, while hindering electrons, nevertheless makes its easier for holes to move.
      • A molecule is first placed at the center of a square lattice.
      • The attractive force experienced is easily sufficient to break the lattice structure that sodium chloride is normally encountered in.
      • The copper forms a square lattice with an oxygen atom bridging each pair of copper atoms.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French lattis, from latte ‘lath’, of Germanic origin.

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