abaft
- abaft (adv.)
- \\\"in or at the back part of a ship\\\" (opposed to forward), 1590s, from Middle English on baft (Old English on bæftan) \\\"backwards.\\\" The second component is itself a compound of be \\\"by\\\" (see by) and æftan \\\"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.
- 装着横帆的船只随风疾驰.
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- 2. Be careful the mule is a vicious beast, not safe abaft the beam.
- 当心,骡子是一种险恶的畜牲, (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.
- 那头巨大的公牛抵住他的后腰将他抛到空中.
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英 [ə\\\'bɑːft]||||||美 [ə\\\'bæft]