中文词源
astern 向后
来自短语on stern. stern, 后面，词源同steer, 驾驶。
英语词源
- astern (adv.)
- 1620s, from a- (1) "on" + stern (n.).
权威例句
- 1. At the crucial moment, the barge would not go astern.
- 在关键时刻，驳船不能向后驶。
- 2. The captain was astern, pretending he was sleeping.
- 船长在船尾，假装睡着了。
- 3. One of the fishing boats sank down astern of us.
- 有一艘渔船在我们后面沉没了.
- 4. 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.
- 5. 'Look astern, doctor,'replied the captain.
- “ 你往船后看, 大夫. ” 船长说.