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