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aft

adverb, adjective
🔊/ɑːft/
🔊/æft/
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  1. in, near or towards the back of a ship or an aircraft在（或向）船尾；在（或向）机尾
    • fore and aft of the cockpit驾驶舱的前后
    • The ship was moored to the dock fore and aft.船停泊在码头的前后。
    • the aft cabin/deck船尾舱/甲板
    Topics Transport by waterc2, Transport by airc2, Sports: water sportsc2
    Word Originearly 17th cent.: probably from obsolete baft ‘in the rear’, influenced by Low German and Dutch achter ‘abaft, after’.