the stern of [something]
The captain stood at the stern of the ship.
船长站在船尾。
臀部；屁股；后部；尾部；管理或指挥之位；（动物的）尾巴；（尤指狗的）尾巴；黑浮鸥
the rear part of a ship or boat
船或其他船只的尾部
The rear part (after end) of a ship or other vessel.
黑浮鸥,一种海鸟
A bird, the black tern, seabird.
船的后部
the rear part of a ship
管理或指挥的职位
The post of management or direction.
美国小提琴家(1920年出生于俄罗斯)
United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920)
任何事物的后部
The hinder part of anything.
人坐的肉体部分
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
动物的尾巴；现仅指狗尾
The tail of an animal; now used only of the tail of a dog.
The captain stood at the stern and watched the sunset.
船长站在船尾，望着夕阳。
用法提示：stern 作名词，指船的尾部。
We tied the rope to the stern of the small boat.
我们把绳子系在小船的船尾上。
用法提示：stern 是名词，表示船的后部。
The passengers gathered at the stern to see the dolphins following the ship.
乘客们聚在船尾观看跟随船只的海豚。
用法提示：stern 为名词，指船尾。
The captain stood at the stern of the ship.
船长站在船尾。
There is a small cabin at the stern.
船尾有一个小船舱。
固定短语，意为'从头到尾'，专指船的全长。
The ship was damaged from stem to stern.
这艘船从头到尾都受损了。
通用词，可用于任何事物的后部；在船尾上下文中可互换，但需注意语境
主要作副词或形容词，作名词时局限于航海语境，常指船的后部
非常通用且非正式，不如stern精确，建议慎用于航海技术语境
航海专业术语，指船的后部区域，较正式
grammar · medium
易错句子He sat on stern.
正确表达He sat on the stern.
英语中，stern作为名词指船尾时，需要加定冠词the，因为船尾是特定部位。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is a stern.
正确表达He is stern.
Chinese learners often treat adjectives as nouns by adding an article. 'Stern' as an adjective should not be preceded by an indefinite article unless followed by a noun.
对应“stern”的“船尾”义项；bow 指船的前部，与 stern 相对，二者不可互换。
拼写和发音相似，但stem指船的前部，stern指船的后部
同一拼写但词性不同，stern作形容词意为严厉的，与作名词时的船尾含义无关
船尾（船的尾部）
The lifeboats hang from the stern of the ship.
救生艇挂在船尾。
在船尾
She stood at the stern, watching the island disappear.
她站在船尾，看着岛屿消失。
从头到尾（整条船）
They scrubbed the boat from stem to stern.
他们把船从头到尾擦洗了一遍。
船首和船尾
The boat has fenders on both bow and stern.
船头和船尾都装有防碰垫。
艉甲板，后甲板
Passengers gathered on the stern deck to watch the dolphins.
乘客们聚集在后甲板上观看海豚。
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从头到尾；彻底地
The crew polished the yacht from stem to stern before the race.
船员们在比赛前把游艇从头到尾擦得锃亮。
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