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.
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4. At the end, an adaptive mesh generation scheme is proposed by combining AFT and Background method.