abaft
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preposition
prepositionbaft
- 1.
(nautical) Behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of.
The captain stood abaft the wheelhouse.
1773, James Cook, An Account of a Voyage Around the World, Book 3, Chapter 5, in John Hawkesworth (ed.), An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty: for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, Volume 3, p. 558, […] we could hear the water rush in a little abaft the foremast, about three feet from the keel: this determined me to clear the hold intirely.
Đồng nghĩa: abaft of
Trạng từ
adverb- 1.
(nautical) On the aft side; in the stern.
We drifted with the wind abaft.
The mate sleeps abaft.
- 2.
(obsolete)(nautical, obsolete) Backwards.
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Nguồn gốc từ
From Middle English obaft, baft, baften, from Old English beæftan; be (by) (modern English by) + æftan (behind) (modern English after). See also aft.