後部
解説 Definition
aft は、船や航空機の後部、特に船尾・機尾寄りの区域を指します。また、形容詞で「後部の」、副詞で「後方へ、後方に」の意味にも使われます。
The aft is the rear part of a ship or aircraft, especially the area toward the stern or tail. In nautical and aviation usage, aft also commonly functions as an adjective or adverb meaning situated or moving toward the rear.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
aft は船や航空機の「後部」を指す航海・航空語です。after と歴史的につながる「後ろ」の感覚を手掛かりにし、船首 bow に対する船尾 stern、その周辺の aft を一組で覚えましょう。名詞的には the aft「後部」のように理解できますが、実際には aft cabin「後部船室」や move aft「後方へ」のような形容詞・副詞用法も一般的です。
Aft belongs to the language of ships and aircraft and points toward the rear. Link it with after, which carries the familiar idea of something coming behind. On a ship, contrast aft with forward: the bow is at the front, the stern is at the back, and an aft area lies toward that back end. Although the entry treats it as a noun meaning “the rear part,” you will often meet it in combinations such as aft cabin or as an adverb in move aft. Keeping this front-to-back map in mind makes the nautical term concrete.
例文
The aft cabin is quieter than the forward cabin.
後部船室は前部船室より静かです。
Please move aft to balance the boat.
船の釣り合いを保つため、船尾方向へ移動してください。
The damage was confined to the aft of the ship.
損傷は船の後部に限られていました。
aft の類義語・関連語
aft の語源・成り立ち Etymology
aft は古英語 æftan「後ろに、背後へ」にさかのぼり、さらにゲルマン系の「後方・離れた先」の感覚につながる語です。もともと単なる「後ろ」だったものが航海語として残り、船の「後部」を指すようになりました。関連語は after, abaft。
Aft comes from Old English æftan, meaning “from behind,” “behind,” or “afterward.” It belongs to the same Germanic word group as after and originally expressed a general relation to the back or what follows. English preserved and specialized the form in nautical language for the direction toward a vessel's stern. It was later extended naturally to the rear portion of an aircraft.
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