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aft

/aft, ahft/US // æft, ɑft //UK // (ɑːft) //

舰后,舰尾,舰船尾部,舰船尾声

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Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : at, close to, or toward the stern or tail: Stow the luggage aft.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : situated toward or at the stern or tail: The aft sail was luffing.

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Examples

  • The fore and aft have beautiful decks carved into them, and windows from various rooms too: it looks like a floating Apple device.

  • The New York State United Teachers, part of AFT, recently voted to pull its support for Common Core.

  • Jones then went aft to a locker near the stern, whence he returned with a mallet and chisel, and went below.

  • Then he jumped aft mighty quick, grabbed the wheel as cool as anything you ever saw, and had her under headway in no time.

  • Daily ascending the companion-ladder to the main-deck aft, she gradually faded from cognisance forward.

  • Then, for a wind had arisen, the man ran aft to the wheel, and Henry Burns saw the strange yacht go sailing out of the harbour.

  • On the deck, forward and aft, are hatchways which give entrance to the bow and stern compartments respectively.