One of the fishing boats sank down astern of us.
有一艘渔船在我们后面沉没了.
《简明英汉词典》
They fell astern of us, ie moved into position behind us.
他们落在我们船的后面.
辞典例句
Their ship fell astern of the bigger one.
他们的船落到了一条更大的船的后面.
互联网
The ship fell astern of cargo, soon after they had left the dock.
离开码头之后不久,客轮就落到货轮后面了.
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