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- 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）：
we're moored fore and aft.
我们船首尾系泊。
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- backwards and forwards向前向后：
a sperm whale cannot see directly fore and aft.
抹香鲸无法直接向前或向后看。
attrib.
1- backwards and forwards前面和后面的：
the fore-and-aft motion of the handles.
手柄的前后运动。
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- historical (of a man's hat) having three corners and a peak at the front and back〈史〉（男帽）前后有檐的。
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- (of a sail or rigging) set lengthwise, not on the yards（帆, 索具）纵帆的, 无横帆的：
a fore-and-aft rigged yacht.
纵帆快船。
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- N. Amer. (of a road) constructed of logs laid end to end〈北美〉（路）原木直铺的。
词源
early 17th cent.: perhaps translating a phrase of Low German origin; compare with Dutch van voren en van achteren.