Astern

(adv.) (of a ship or an airplane) behind; 'we dropped her astern on the end of a seven-inch manilla, and she laid comfortably on the ebb tide'.

(adv.) stern foremost or backward; 'the steamer went astern at half speed'.

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• Some time before I had reduced our speed, for we had left the Valley Dor many miles astern, and I felt comparatively safe. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Lizzie shot ahead, and the other boat fell astern. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• A battleship thus armed is able to fire six guns ahead and six astern by raising the second and third turrets so as to fire over the others. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• A great battleship, forging silent and unlighted through the dark night, loomed close astern. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• The chugging came closer; then we saw the motor boat in the rain a little astern of us. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• An untrained sight would never have seen by the moonlight what she saw at the length of a few strokes astern. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Mr. Philander stole another observation astern. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.

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