Aft means in or toward the back of a boat or an aircraft.

of a boat or an aircraft船或飛機的 in or toward the back後方、朝後方 Aft means就是aft的意思

On a ship, that is toward the stern — the back end. On a plane, that is toward the tail.

On a ship在船上， that is toward the stern — the back end是朝船尾，也就是後端； On a plane在飛機上， that is toward the tail則是朝機尾。

Crew say “move aft” or “the aft cabin”. It is sea and air talk; you do not say a room in a house is aft. It can tell you direction (go aft) or describe a thing (the aft seats).

Crew say船員會說 “move aft” or “the aft cabin”「move aft」或「the aft cabin」， It is sea and air talk這是海上和空中用語， you do not say a room in a house is aft不會說房子裡的一個房間是aft； It can tell you direction可以表示方向 (go aft)（像go aft）， or describe a thing或描述一個東西 (the aft seats)（像the aft seats）。

The front of the ship or plane is fore or forward.

The front of the ship or plane船或飛機的前方 is則是 fore or forwardfore或forward。

Though actually, aft is a close family member of after, and both go back to an old word for “behind”, but you cannot swap them in a sentence. After is usually about time (“after lunch”). Aft is about place on the vessel. If you say “after the plane”, people will hear time, not the tail.

Though actually不過其實， aft is a close family member of afteraft跟after是近親詞， and both go back to an old word for “behind”兩個字都源自一個表示「behind（後面）」的古字， but you cannot swap them in a sentence但在句子裡不能互換。 After is usually about timeAfter通常講的是時間 (“after lunch”)（像「after lunch」）， Aft is about place on the vesselaft講的是船上的位置。 If you say “after the plane”如果你說「after the plane」， people will hear time, not the tail別人聽到的會是時間，不是機尾。