astern

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◎ 单词释义

adv.在船尾;向船尾;向后地

adj.在船尾的;向船尾的;向后的

Adverb:

    stern foremost or backward;

    "the steamer went astern at half speed"

    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"

    (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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astern的用法及例句:

Keeping half his boat's length astern of the other boat.