| 单词 | aft |
| 释义 | aft (once / 768 pages) advadj When something's at the back of a boat, it's aft. You might instruct a passenger on your sailboat to move aft while you adjust the sails. Aft, which can be used as an adverb or an adjective, is almost solely used in nautical or aeronautical terminology — in other words, when you're talking about a boat, ship, or airplane. Flight attendants usually start at the front of the cabin and move aft as they dole out drinks and pretzels, and they might instruct you to stow your huge bag in an aft compartment. The Old English root is æftan, "from behind or farthest back." WORD FAMILYaft: aftermost, aftest, aftly, afts USAGE EXAMPLESIt later merged with a white AFT local to form a racially integrated local of the AFT, which then became the Washington Teachers’ Union. Washington Post(Dec 15, 2016) Only about 90 seconds before he hit the water – when he would pull the nose full aft at last – did he address the passengers. The Guardian(Nov 27, 2016) For passengers in the rear, seating slides fore and aft for extra leg room. New York Times(Nov 10, 2016) 1adv at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane stow the luggage aft Syn|Ant abaft, astern fore, forward near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane 2adj (nautical, aeronautical) situated at or toward the stern or tail Syn|Ant back related to or located at the back afterlocated farther aft aftermostlocated closest to the stern or tail fore situated at or toward the bow of a vessel frontrelating to or located in the front forwardat or near or directed toward the front foremostsituated closest to the bow |
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