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afterdeck

/af-ter-dek, ahf-/US // ˈæf tərˌdɛk, ˈɑf- //UK // (ˈɑːftəˌdɛk) //

后甲板,后台

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Nautical.

    • : the weather deck of a vessel behind the bridge house or midship section.

Examples

  • He could see a masthead light, her red light (with glasses), and a "glare of white lights on her afterdeck."

  • He appeared with his usual cheerful whistle on his lips and made up a fine game of hide and seek on the afterdeck.

  • It was quite black on the afterdeck by this time, minus lanterns.

  • He looked a fellow the Doctor might require, so I marked him down when he settled near a hatch on the afterdeck.

  • Tom, bending sideways to look down past the machine gun, saw the entire afterdeck of the Zeppelin.