abaft

adv. 在船尾, 向船尾 prep. 在...后面

发音

UK /əˈbɑːft/
US /əˈbæft/
CA

词形变化

more abaft 比较级 most abaft 最高级

别名

baft

释义与例句

adv.
  1. 1.

    On the aft side; in the stern.

    航海 交通

    We drifted with the wind abaft.

    The mate sleeps abaft.

  2. 2.

    Backwards.

    废旧 航海 交通
prep.
  1. 1.

    Behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of.

    航海 交通

    The captain stood abaft the wheelhouse.

    1773, James Cook, An Account of a Voyage Around the World, Book 3, Chapter 5, in John Hawkesworth (ed.), An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty: for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, Volume 3, p. 558, […] we could hear the water rush in a little abaft the foremast, about three feet from the keel: this determined me to clear the hold intirely.

词汇关系

副词

同义词 2

aft astern

词源

From Middle English obaft, baft, baften, from Old English beæftan; be (“by”) (modern English by) + æftan (“behind”) (modern English after). See also aft.

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