单词
astern
英 [ə'stɜːn]
美[ə'stɝn]
基本信息
- adv. 向船尾；在船尾；向后
英英释意
- 1. stern foremost or backward;
- "the steamer went astern at half speed"
- 2. at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane;
- "stow the luggage aft"
- "ships with square sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft"
- "the captain looked astern to see what the fuss was about"
- 3. (of a ship or an airplane) behind;
- "we dropped her astern on the end of a seven-inch manilla, and she laid comfortably on the ebb tide"
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