Old English æftan "from behind, behind, farthest back," from superlative of Old English æf, 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.
实用例句
1. Our yacht was well equipped with two double cabins fore and aft.
我们的游艇设施完备，首尾有两个双人舱。来自柯林斯例句
2. Graham sat aft , looking steadily out to the horizon.
格雷厄姆坐在船尾, 凝望着地平线.来自《简明英汉词典》
3. Element check is a key part in the implementation of AFT.
在AFT方法实现中,对新生成单元的检查是关键过程.来自互联网
4. At the end, an adaptive mesh generation scheme is proposed by combining AFT and Background method.
