stern

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n. 尾部, 船尾, 臀 a. 严厉的, 严格的, 坚定的, 坚决的

发音

UK /stɜːn/
US /stɝn/

词形变化

sterns 复数 sterning sterns 三单 sterning 现在分词 sterned 过去式 sterned 过去分词 sterner 比较级 sterner sternest sternest 最高级

别名

sterne

教材释义与例句

形容词

严厉的；坚定的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The rear part (after end) of a ship or other vessel.

    船尾

    舳

    航海 交通

    Holonyms: watercraft < vessel

  2. 2.

    The post of management or direction.

    比喻
  3. 3.

    The hinder part of anything.

  4. 4.

    The tail of an animal; now used only of the tail of a dog.

  5. 1.

    A bird, the black tern, seabird.

v.
  1. 1.

    To steer, to direct the course of (a ship).

    及物/不及物 废旧
  2. 2.

    To propel or move backward or stern-first in the water.

    及物/不及物 航海 交通
adj. B2
  1. 1.

    Having a hardness and severity of nature or manner.

  2. 2.

    Grim and forbidding in appearance.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 10

can behind ass seat bottom butt tail quarter bum rear

上位词 3

back rear body part

部分词 2

escutcheon skeg

整体词 4

body ship trunk torso
形容词

同义词 10

severe strict stark grim relentless unforgiving unrelenting austere exacting inexorable

近义相关 5

plain strict demanding implacable nonindulgent

相关短语

stern chaser （军舰的）艉炮 stern chasers stern sex stern plane stern planes stern sheets n. 敞舱船后面旅客乘座部分 stern chase （紧跟着前船）尾追, 追击 stern chases stern frame stern frames from stem to stern 从头到尾, 完全 pink stern square stern tunnel stern

词源

Most likely from Old Norse stjórn (“control, steering”), related to stýra (“to steer”), from Proto-Germanic *stiurijaną, whence also English steer. Also possibly from Old Frisian stiarne (“rudder”), from the same Germanic root. The sense referring to a management post alludes to the fact that a sailing ship's captain would often stand on an aft deck.

来源：wiktionary