ad. 在船尾, 向船尾

prep. 在...后面

[ adv ]
at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane
<adv.all>
stow the luggage aftships with square sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft
the captain looked astern to see what the fuss was about

Abaft \A*baft"\ ([.a]*b[.a]ft"), prep. [Pref. a- on + OE. baft,
baften, biaften, AS. be[ae]ftan; be by + [ae]ftan behind. See
{After}, {Aft}, {By}.] (Naut.)
Behind; toward the stern from; as, abaft the wheelhouse.

{Abaft the beam}. See under {Beam}.


Abaft \A*baft"\, adv. (Naut.)
Toward the stern; aft; as, to go abaft.