behind or towards the rear of a ship or aircraft
在(或向)船(或飞机)的尾部
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the engine rooms lay astern 引擎室在船尾
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the lifeboat was carried astern by the tide.
救生艇被潮水甩到船尾。
(of a ship's engine)backwards
(船的引擎)向后
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run the engine hard astern. 开足马力后退。
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