abaft
adverb /əˈbɑːft/
/əˈbæft/
(specialist)- in or behind the stern (= back end) of a ship
Topics Transport by waterc2在后;近艉;在船尾;向船尾 词源Middle English (in the sense ‘backwards’): from a- ‘to, towards’ (expressing motion) + archaic baft ‘in the rear’.