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astern是什么意思

2023-12-07 01:22:16
astern
美[əstɜːrn]  英[əstɜːn]
adv.  在船尾;向船尾;向后地
adj.  在船尾的;向船尾的;向后的
  近义词:aft,abaft,behind,inbackof,backof,forward,backward,backwards,inreverse,ahead,

英英释义

Adverb
  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"

例句

用作副词(adv.)
  1. One of the fishing boats sank down astern of us.有一艘渔船在我们后面沉没了。
  2. A great battleship, forging silent and unlighted through the dark night, loom close astern.在漆黑的夜中一轮巨大战舰一声不响地熄灯前进,逼近船尾。