fore and aft是什么意思

双语例句

(1)The toilet is located fore and aft .

卫生间位于机舱的前部和后部。

(2)Rower's seat that slides fore and aft.

滑手滑船时能从船头到船尾滑动的座椅。

(3)Have heaving lines ready fore and aft.

船尾船头备糟撇缆。

(4)The ship was loaded with cargo fore and aft.

这条船从船头到船尾装满了货物。

(5)They've also added two cameras, both fore and aft.

他们同样为其增加了两个摄像头，前置和后置。 这是为了FaceTime准备的低分辨率的摄像头，对于照相来说还不够好。

释义

adv.

at the front and rear (often used with reference to a ship or plane)

在首尾两处（常指船或飞机）

we're moored fore and aft.

　我们船首尾系泊。

backwards and forwards

向前向后

a sperm whale cannot see directly fore and aft.

　抹香鲸无法直接向前或向后看。

adj.

backwards and forwards

前面和后面的

the fore-and-aft motion of the handles.

手柄的前后运动。

historical (of a man's hat) having three corners and a peak at the front and back

〈史〉 （男帽）前后有檐的。

(of a sail or rigging)set lengthwise, not on the yards

（帆，索具）纵帆的，无横帆的

a fore-and-aft rigged yacht.

　纵帆快船。

N. Amer. (of a road) constructed of logs laid end to end

〈北美〉 （路）原木直铺的。

词源

"early 17th cent.: perhaps translating a phrase of Low German origin; compare with Dutch van voren en van achteren ."