astern
ad . 在船尾,在后,向后
在船尾,在後,向後
astern adv 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 " [
synonym : {
aft },
{
abaft }, {
astern }] [
ant : {
fore }, {
forward }]
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 "
Astern \
A *
stern "\,
adv . [
Pref .
a -
stern .] (
Naut .)
1 .
In or at the hinder part of a ship ;
toward the hinder part ,
or stern ;
backward ;
as ,
to go astern .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
Behind a ship ;
in the rear . "
A gale of wind right astern ."
--
De Foe . "
Left this strait astern ." --
Drake .
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1913 Webster ]
{
To bake astern },
to go stern foremost .
{
To be astern of the reckoning },
to be behind the position given by the reckoning .
{
To drop astern },
to fall or be left behind .
{
To go astern },
to go backward ,
as from the action of currents or winds .
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1913 Webster ]
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "
astern ":
a rebours ,
a reculons ,
abaft ,
aft ,
after ,
against the grain ,
anticlockwise ,
arear ,
ass -
backwards ,
away ,
back ,
backward ,
backwards ,
baft ,
counterclockwise ,
fore and aft ,
fro ,
hindward ,
hindwards ,
in reverse ,
rear ,
rearward ,
rearwards ,
retrad ,
widdershins
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