基本词汇
adv.在船尾；向船尾；向后地
adj.在船尾的；向船尾的；向后的
英英释义
"the steamer went astern at half speed"
"stow the luggage aft"
"ships with square sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft"
"the captain looked astern to see what the fuss was about"
"we dropped her astern on the end of a seven-inch manilla, and she laid comfortably on the ebb tide"
经典引文
Keeping half his boat's length astern of the other boat.
出自：DickensFree as the petrels hovering astern.
出自：N. HampsonIf he had expected to leave British snobbery astern with his public school he was sadly mistaken.
出自：M. Lowry
