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单词 aft
释义 aft
I. \ˈaft, ˈaa(ə)-, ˈai-, ˈȧ-\ adverb
Etymology: Middle English afte back, from Old English æftan behind, from behind (akin to Old High German aftan, Old Norse aptan, Gothic aftana), from the root of Old English æft behind + -an (suffix denoting place from which) — more at after, hence
: near, toward, or in the stern of a ship or the tail of an aircraft : abaft
 < the captain would call all hands aft — N.D.Ford >
 < midwing monoplane with a large vertical fin and rudder aft — A.R.Weyl >
broadly : behind
 < a few trams were running, policemen posted fore and aft — Christopher Isherwood >
 < a cloth Sherlock Holmes cap pulled down fore and aft — Richard Joseph >
— sometimes used with of
 < along the fairing aft of the engines — Howard Nemerov >
II. adjective
: rearward, rear
 < motion in the aft direction >
: after IV 2
 < orders came for our unit to assemble on the aft deck — H.D.Skidmore >
III. \ˈaft\
Scotland
variant of oft
IV. abbreviation
afternoon
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