Aft

(adj.) (nautical, aeronautical) situated at or toward the stern or tail .

(adv.) 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'.

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• Adrian sat at the helm; I attended to the rigging, the breeze right aft filled our swelling canvas, and we ran before it over the untroubled deep. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• The captain was on the point of making an angry reply, but, thinking better of it, turned on his heel and black and scowling, strode aft. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• The man next to me, upon the aft side, was one whom I had particularly noticed when we were led down the quay. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Know'd it yes'day aft'noon at tea-time, said Coavinses. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• It used to annoy the elephant at first, and he would reach up and take her down, but she would go aft and climb up again. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• We reefed the fore-sail and set him, and hauled aft the fore-sheet; the helm was hard a-weather. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• Her deck lights raked me fore and aft, they did. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• The ship is shown lying on her side with her machinery and armament shot into masses of twisted iron and steel, great fires raging forward, amidship and aft. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Justinian will rake you fore and aft, observed Crispin dryly, especially if you make eyes at his womankind. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• It is not from deck, said the man at the helm, something has been thrown from the aft cabin. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• And forthwith he took the conductor under hand, and I felt, through all the storm of French which followed, that he raked him fore and aft. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• The best laid plans o' mice and men gang aft agley. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.

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