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单词 stern-wheeler
释义

stern2 /stûrn/

noun
  1. The hind part of a vessel
  2. The rump or tail
  3. Steering-gear, helm, the steersman's place (obsolete; Shakespeare)
transitive verb

To back, to row backward

ORIGIN: ON stjōrn a steering, or lost OE equivalent

sternˈage noun (Shakespeare)

Sterns collectively

-sterned adj combining form

Having a stern of a specified type

sternˈmost adjective

Farthest astern

sternˈward adjective and adverb

sternˈwards adverb

sternˈboard noun

  1. The backward motion of a ship
  2. Loss of way in tacking

sternˈ-chase noun

A chase in which one ship follows directly in the wake of another

sternˈ-chaser noun

A cannon in the stern of a ship

sternˈfast noun

A rope or chain for making fast a ship's stern to a wharf, etc

stern-foreˈmost adverb

stern frame noun

The framework of a ship's stern

sternˈport noun

A port or opening in the stern of a ship

sternˈpost noun

The aftermost timber of a ship, supporting the rudder

sternˈsheet noun

(usu in pl) the part of a boat between the stern and the rowers

sternˈson noun

The hinder extremity of a ship's keelson, to which the sternpost is bolted

sternˈway noun

The backward motion of a vessel

stern-wheelˈer noun (US)

A small vessel with one large paddlewheel at the stern

sternˈworks plural noun

Hinder parts

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