astern

英[ə'stɜːn] 美[ə'stɜːrn]
  • adv. 在船尾；向船尾；向后地
  • adj. 在船尾的；向船尾的；向后的

详细释义

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"

双语例句

1. At the crucial moment, the barge would not go astern.
在关键时刻，驳船不能向后驶。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The captain was astern, pretending he was sleeping.
船长在船尾，假装睡着了。

来自柯林斯例句

3. One of the fishing boats sank down astern of us.
有一艘渔船在我们后面沉没了.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. He cut the rope then and went astern to noose the tail.
然后他割下一截绳子,走到船梢去套住鱼尾巴.

来自英汉文学 - 老人与海

5. 'Look astern, doctor,'replied the captain.
“ 你往船后看, 大夫. ” 船长说.

来自英汉文学 - 金银岛

    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。

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