astern

英 [əˈstɜːn]

美 [əˈstɜːrn]

adv.  在船尾; 向船尾; (指船)向后

BNC.27526 / COCA.28202

牛津词典

adv.

• 在船尾；向船尾
  in, at or towards the back part of a ship or boat
• （指船）向后
  if a ship or boat is moving astern , it is moving backwards

柯林斯词典

• ADV 在船尾;在船后
  Something that isasternis at the back of a ship or behind the back part.
  1. The captain was astern, pretending he was sleeping.
     船长在船尾，假装睡着了。
• ADV （船的行驶）向后
  A ship that is movingasternis moving backwards.
  1. At the crucial moment, the barge would not go astern.
     在关键时刻，驳船不能向后驶。

英英释义

adv

• (of a ship or an airplane) behind
  1. we dropped her astern on the end of a seven-inch manilla, and she laid comfortably on the ebb tide
• at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane
  1. stow the luggage aft
  2. ships with square sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft
  3. the captain looked astern to see what the fuss was about
  Synonym:aftabaft
• stern foremost or backward
  1. the steamer went astern at half speed

双语例句

• With all my rowing, I went astern; the tide was so strong.
  我用力划船，仍然后退不已，因为潮水力量太大了。
• Start diesel engine, preheat if weather is cold, test ahead and astern, stop engine.
  启动推进装置，寒冷天气下要先开加热，测试正车、倒车，停车；
• The cardboard will hold the water up! A ship falls astern by the force of a current.
  纸板将承受水的重量而不使它掉下来！船会受水流的力量而后退。
• The boat moved astern.
  船开倒车。
• Double-die-turning finishing hydraulic press They brought the ship round with a wash of water astern.
  双模具翻转抛光液压机他们调转船头，船尾翻起一片水花。
• When the engine failed, we had to drop astern.
  当发动机发生故障，我们不得不落在后面。
• One of the cruisors had engine trouble and dropped astern.
  一艘巡洋舰引擎发生故障，落在后面。
• The geese paddling along a few yards astern.
  那几只鹅在离船尾几码处划着水跟着。
• 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。
• At the crucial moment, the barge would not go astern.
  在关键时刻，驳船不能向后驶。