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）
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we're moored fore and aft. 我们船首尾系泊。
backwards and forwards
向前向后
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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
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the fore-and-aft motion of the handles .手柄的前后运动。
〈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
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a fore-and-aft rigged yacht. 纵帆快船。
〈北美〉 （路）原木直铺的。
词源
"early 17th cent.: perhaps translating a phrase of Low German origin; compare with Dutch