abeam
adverb
on a line at right angles to a ship's or an aircraft's length
正横地(即与船的龙骨或飞机的机身成直角)
■(abeam of)opposite the middle of (a ship or aircraft)
横对着(船或飞机等)的中部
she was lying almost abeam of us.
她几乎横对着我们躺着。
语源
mid 19th cent.: from a-(expressing general direction) + beam