astern

astern
adverb
  1. behind or towards the rear of a ship or aircraft
    在（或向）船（或飞机）的尾部
    the engine rooms lay astern.
    引擎室在船尾。
    the lifeboat was carried astern by the tide.
    救生艇被潮水甩到船尾。
    ■(of a ship's engine) backwards
    （船的引擎）向后
    run the engine hard astern.
    开足马力后退。
语源
  1. late Middle English : from a-(expressing position or direction) + stern
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