Astern
[ə'stɜːn] or [ə'stɝn]
解釋/意思:
(adv.) (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'.
(adv.) stern foremost or backward; 'the steamer went astern at half speed'.
埃米尔編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(adv.) In or at the hinder part of a ship; toward the hinder part, or stern; backward; as, to go astern.
(adv.) Behind a ship; in the rear.
錄入:佩内洛普
同義詞及近義詞：
ad. (Naut.) [1]. Behind, back.[2]. Backward, rearward, abaft.
达拉整理
解釋/意思:
adv. in the stern: towards the hinder part of a ship: behind.
錄入:温思罗普
例句/造句/用法:
- Some time before I had reduced our speed, for we had left the Valley Dor many miles astern, and I felt comparatively safe. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- Lizzie shot ahead, and the other boat fell astern. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- A battleship thus armed is able to fire six guns ahead and six astern by raising the second and third turrets so as to fire over the others. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- A great battleship, forging silent and unlighted through the dark night, loomed close astern. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- The chugging came closer; then we saw the motor boat in the rain a little astern of us. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- An untrained sight would never have seen by the moonlight what she saw at the length of a few strokes astern. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Mr. Philander stole another observation astern. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
錄入:温思罗普