No boat-knife was lifted when he fell so rapidly astern.

当他这样迅速地翻到艇尾去时候，谁都没有举起艇刀。

He cut the rope then and went astern to noose the tail.

然他割下一截绳子，走到梢去套住鱼尾巴。

He made no reply. His eyes, fixed intently on the sea astern, suddenly flashed.

他没有回答。 他那专注地望着海眼睛突然闪出亮光。

There's the thing in question, astern to port! the harpooner shouted.

我们找那个东西，在左舷面！”鱼叉手喊着。

Heading East at this hour in the morning, and the sun astern?

大清老早这个时辰，往东驶，太阳却在边？

With his departure star astern and his destination star ahead, he could keep to his course.

目地星在前，出地星在，只要这样，就不会走偏。

You picture at once astern building showing many kinds of machinery, when the word " institute" is mentioned.

当提到“研究所”这个词时候，你立刻想象出展示多种机械严肃建筑物。

Meantime, overseeing the other part of the ship, Captain Peleg ripped and swore astern in the most frightful manner.

这时, 正在照料着梢法勒长, 以一种怕态度在那儿破口大骂。

But the whale-boat has no seat astern, no sofa of that sort whatever, and no tiller at all.

是捕鲸小艇面却没有座位，它既没有那样沙，也根本没有舵柄。

Then, a few seconds later, the waters splashed astern of the Nautilus, disturbed by the fall of a heavy object.

接着，几分钟，海水被一块沉重物体击起阵阵水花，溅到了“鹦鹉螺号”部。

Not only are the side walls closing in, but there aren't ten feet of water ahead or astern of the Nautilus.

不单是两侧冰壁愈来愈紧了，而且诺第留斯号前头或面也没有剩下十英尺水了。

It's the first foul wind I ever knew to blow from astern; but look, did ever whale yaw so before?

这种从面吹过来逆风，我倒是生平第一遭看到；从来有过这样乱驶鲸么？

Set astern of the pilothouse is a powerful electric reflector whose rays light up the sea for a distance of half a mile.

在领航人笼间面，装有一座光度很强电光探照灯，半海里以内海洋都以照亮。

Uppermost was the impression, that whatever swift, rushing thing I stood on was not so much bound to any haven ahead as rushing from all havens astern.

首先掠过我心里念头是，尽管我多快多急地笔直驶去，但与其说是要奔向前边任何避难所，不如说是要赶紧离开边一切避难所。

The flow was less strong and as he rubbed the side of his hand against the planking of the skiff, particles of phosphorus floated off and drifted slowly astern.

水流并不那么有力了，当他把手侧面在小板上擦着时候，星星点点磷质漂浮开去，慢慢朝梢漂去。

" But it will serve only when we are sailing by the wind, " I explained. " When running more freely, with the wind astern abeam, or on the quarter, it will be necessary for me to steer" .

" 是这办法只能在顺风时管用，" 我解释，" 要是驾驶得灵活一点，风从、尾或是横向吹来，那就得自己掌舵不了。"