abaft
英 [?'bɑ?ft]||||||美 [?'b?ft]
- abaft (adv.)
- "in or at the back part of a ship" (opposed to forward), 1590s, from Middle English on baft (Old English on b?ftan) "backwards." The second component is itself a compound of be "by" (see by) and ?ftan "aft" (see aft). The word has been saved by the sailors (the stern being the "after" part of a vessel), the rest of the language having left it in Middle English.
- 1. Ships with square sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft.
- 裝著橫帆的船只隨風(fēng)疾馳.
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- 2. Be careful the mule is a vicious beast, not safe abaft the beam.
- 當(dāng)心,騾子是一種險惡的畜牲, (站在)它后面不安全.
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- 3. The huge bull caught him abaft the wheel - house and slammed him in the air.
- 那頭巨大的公牛抵住他的后腰將他拋到空中.
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英 [?'bɑ?ft]
美 [?'b?ft]
英文詞源
- abaft (adv.)
- "in or at the back part of a ship" (opposed to forward), 1590s, from Middle English on baft (Old English on b?ftan) "backwards." The second component is itself a compound of be "by" (see by) and ?ftan "aft" (see aft). The word has been saved by the sailors (the stern being the "after" part of a vessel), the rest of the language having left it in Middle English.
雙語例句
- 1. Ships with square sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft.
- 裝著橫帆的船只隨風(fēng)疾馳.
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- 2. Be careful the mule is a vicious beast, not safe abaft the beam.
- 當(dāng)心,騾子是一種險惡的畜牲, (站在)它后面不安全.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 3. The huge bull caught him abaft the wheel - house and slammed him in the air.
- 那頭巨大的公牛抵住他的后腰將他拋到空中.
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