Word · Frequency #9588
stern
船尾；艉
the rear part of a ship or boat
- 1.
The rear part (after end) of a ship or other vessel.
- 2.
A bird, the black tern, seabird.
- 3.
the rear part of a ship
船的后部
- 4.
The post of management or direction.
- 5.
United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920)
美国小提琴家(1920年出生于俄罗斯)
- 6.
The hinder part of anything.
- 7.
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
人坐的肉体部分
- 8.
The tail of an animal; now used only of the tail of a dog.
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
In use
The captain stood at the stern and watched the sunset.
We tied the rope to the stern of the small boat.
The passengers gathered at the stern to see the dolphins following the ship.
the stern of [something]
The captain stood at the stern of the ship.
船长站在船尾。
at the stern
There is a small cabin at the stern.
船尾有一个小船舱。
from stem to stern
固定短语，意为'从头到尾'，专指船的全长。
The ship was damaged from stem to stern.
Connections
Collocations
- stern of the ship
- 船尾（船的尾部）
- The lifeboats hang from the stern of the ship.救生艇挂在船尾。
- at the stern
- 在船尾
- She stood at the stern, watching the island disappear.她站在船尾，看着岛屿消失。
- from stem to stern
- 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。
- bow and stern
- 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。
- stern deck
- 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。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
stern 里藏着 tern（燕鸥），海鸟常追着船尾飞——记住 stern 就是船尾。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：nautical or maritime description、informal or humorous talk about the buttocks 作名词时，stern 的语体取决于具体义项：指船尾或物体后部时通常为中性偏正式，多用于航海、船舶或机械等描述；指臀部时则比较常见于口语或幽默表达。
Pronunciation & Spelling
以下单词的重读元音加/n/与 stern /stɝn/ 押韵：turn、burn、learn、earn、fern、concern。注意拼写中含 -ern 的 modern /ˈmɒdərn/、northern /ˈnɔːrðərn/ 等词并不押韵，它们的 -er- 读作轻读 /ər/。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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