in, near or towards the back of a ship or an aircraft 在(或向)船尾;在(或向)机尾 fore and aft of the cockpit 驾驶舱的前部和后部 The ship was moored to the dock fore and aft. 这艘船前后都停泊在码头上。 the aft cabin/deck 后舱/甲板
Word Originearly 17th cent.: probably from obsolete baft ‘in the rear’, influenced by Low German and Dutch achter ‘abaft, after’.