Old English ?ftan "from behind, behind, farthest back," from superlative of Old English ?f, af, of "away, away from, off" (see of). The Germanic superlative suffix *-ta corresponds to PIE *-to (compare Greek protos "first," superlative of pro "before"). Now purely nautical.
雙語例句
1. Our yacht was well equipped with two double cabins fore and aft.
我們的游艇設施完備，首尾有兩個雙人艙。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Graham sat aft , looking steadily out to the horizon.
格雷厄姆坐在船尾, 凝望著地平線.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. Element check is a key part in the implementation of AFT.
在AFT方法實現中,對新生成單元的檢查是關鍵過程.
來自互聯網
4. At the end, an adaptive mesh generation scheme is proposed by combining AFT and Background method.