till
[til]
prep.直到 ... 为止
conj.直到 ... 为止
vt.耕作
n.放钱的抽屉, 收银机
n.冰碛
例句与用法:
Gee, I can hardly wait till it's dark.
哎呀,我简直等不到天黑了。
The meeting adjourned till five o'clock.
会议延至五点召开。
The people next door play their radio from morning till night.
邻居从早到晚开着收音机。
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
今日事今日毕。
Not till then did I realize the danger of the situation.
直到那个时候我才感到形势的危险。
We must stick to our task till it is finished.
我们必须继续工作,直至做好为止。
I'll wait till four o'clock.
我将等到四点钟。
People do not know the value of health till they lose it.
直到失去健康,人们才知道健康的可贵。
词形变化:
形容词: tillable | 动词过去式: tilled | 动词过去分词: tilled | 动词现在分词: tilling | 动词第三人称单数: tills |
prep.
1. 直到……为止
They danced till midnight.
他们跳舞跳到半夜。
2. (用于否定句)在……以前, 直到……(才)
He didn't leave the office till 8 o'clock.
他直到八点才离开办公室。
conj.
1. 直到……为止
The stranger waited till my master came home.
那个陌生人一直等到我主人回家。
2. (用于否定句)在……以前, 直到……(才)
The struggle will not cease till the country achieves independence.
要到国家获得独立, 斗争才会止息。
vt.
耕种, 耕作
Farmers till the land before planting.
农民在种植前先要耕地。
till1[til]prep.1.■直到…为止;直到:The meeting lasted from two o'clock till six o' clock.会议由两点一直持续到六点。2.■[与否定词连用]在…以前;不到…不…;直到…才:She didn't return home till eleven o'clock.她11点钟才回家。3.■[主苏格兰和英格兰北部英语]到;向,往:to give it till her把它给她They went till Inverness via Loch Ness.他们经尼斯湖去因弗内斯。4.■[主美国中部、南部和西部英语] = before:It's ten till three on my watch.我的表是3点差10分。conj.1.■直到…时:till you leave直到你离开时2.■直到…程度;直到…地方:Keep walking till you reach the traffic lights.一直走到红绿灯为止。3.■[与否定词连用]在…以前;不到…不…;直到…才…:I didn't realize what had happened till he told me.直到他告诉我我才意识到出了什么事。 till2[til]vt.1.■耕,犁:to learn to till the soil学耕地vi.1.■耕种;耕耘;耕作 till3[til]n.1.■(商店、银行的账台中)放钱的抽屉;现金箱2.■(柜子中)存放贵重物品的抽屉(或盘等);(存钱的)小抽屉3.■备用现金4.■(保管钱的人)偷钱,监守自盗be caught with one's fingers (或 hand) in the till[口语]偷本单位钱时被当场捉住have ons's fingers (或 hand)in the till[口语]偷本单位的钱
tilltill[til]prep.1.■直到...为止2.■[用在否定句中]在...以前; 直到...才till then到那时止, 在那时以前from morning till night从早到晚He didn't return till ten o'clock.他到十点才回来。
词性变化till[til]conj.1.■直到...为止2.■[用于否定式的主句]在...前, 直到...(才)Walk till you come to a white house.走下去, 一直走到一座白房子为止。People do not know the value of healthtill they lose it.人们直到失去健康, 才知道健康的可贵。3.■【说明】①till 与 until 的意义和用法相同, 但句首一般不用 till 而用 until。②两者皆可用作介词和连词, 但两者都不能没有宾语, 因此都不是副词。③要注意在使用 until 或 till 表示汉语“直到...才”的时候, 常常要把汉语的肯定句改为否定句。
preposition& conjunction
- less formal way of saying until
(非正式)。 同 until
- Old English til, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse til 'to', also ultimately to till
- In most contexts, till and until have the same meaning and are interchangeable. The main difference is that till is generally considered to be more informal than until. Until occurs more frequently than till in writing—around ten times as often in the British National Corpus. In addition, until tends to be the natural choice at the beginning of a sentenceuntil very recently, there was still a chance of rescuing the situation Interestingly, while it is commonly assumed that till is an abbreviated form of until (the spellings 'till and 'til reflect this), till is in fact the earlier form. Until appears to have been formed by the addition of Old Norse und ‘as far as' several hundred years after the date of the first records for till
till2
noun
- a cash register or drawer for money in a shop, bank, or restaurant
(商店、银行或饭店的)现金出纳机;放钱的抽屉;钱柜
have (或 with) one's fingers (或 hand) in the till
- used in reference to theft from one's place of work
(职工)在本单位行窃,作内贼
he was caught with his hand in the till and sacked.
他在单位行窃时被当场抓住并被解雇。
- late Middle English (in the general sense 'drawer or compartment for valuables'): of unknown origin
till3
verb
- [with obj.]prepare and cultivate (land) for crops
耕,犁
no land was being tilled or crops sown.
土地都尚未耕,庄稼也未播种。
tillable
adjective
语源
- Old English tilian 'strive for, obtain by effort', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch telen 'produce, cultivate' and German zielen 'aim, strive', also ultimately to till. The current sense dates from Middle English
till4
noun
- [mass noun](Geology)boulder clay or other unstratified sediment deposited by melting glaciers or ice sheets
(地质)冰碛(物)
- late 17th cent. (originally Scots, denoting shale): of unknown origin
till
名词 till:
unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together
同义词:boulder clay
a treasury for government funds
同义词:public treasury, trough
a strongbox for holding cash
动词 till:
work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation
till
■We never know the value of water till the well is dry.
[谚]井干方知水可贵。
■Never cross a bridge till you come to it.
[谚]还没到桥头,别为过桥愁。
■Saying is ill of the year till it is past.
一年未过完,年景难评说。
■Keep on go till you come to a red brick building.
一直往前走直到一座红砖楼为止。
■Keep go straight till you come to the barber's.
一直往前走直到理发店为止。
■Keep walking till you reach the traffic lights.
一直走到红绿灯为止。
■Let the milk stand till it creams.
不要搅动牛奶好让表面结乳皮。
■No, you do not have to change till Tianjin.
不需要,直到天津才需要换车。
■For the cause of revolution, he fought till [to] his last breath.
为了革命事业,他战斗到了生命的最后一息。
■Joe stopped up till 3 o'clock to watch the boxing.
乔看拳击比赛,到深夜3点才睡觉。
■Do not put off till tomorrow what can be enjoyed today.
今天可以享受的事情,不要拖到明天去。
■Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today.
今天可以干的事绝不要拖到明天。
■Don't put off till tomorrow what can be done today.
今天可做的事不要拖到明天再做。
■Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
今日事今日毕。
■He never drew rein for a moment till he reached the river.
他一刻不停地一直跑到河边。
■He lasted out till he was rescued.
他一直坚持到被救出为止。
■He toiled on till he was past eighty.
他一直辛苦工作直到年过八十。
■He kept drinking till he got a bun on.
他不停地喝酒,一直到醉。
■He has to put me off till tomorrow evening .
他不得不把同我的约会延到明天晚上。
■He works from dawn till dusk.
他从天亮工作到天黑。
■He worked from dawn till dusk.
他从早工作到晚。
■They lasted out till they were rescued.
他们一直支持到被救出为止。
■They did not return home till 9 o'clock.
他们九点钟才回家。
■They thought they had enough in the till for a new car.
他们以为所存的现金足够买一辆新车。
■They have to stand over the meeting till next week.
他们只好把会议推天下星期。
■They stood out till victory.
他们坚持到胜利。
■They often find him drinking till his tongue trips.
他们常看到他喝酒喝到言语不清。
■They are learning how to till the field.
他们正在学习耕作知识。
■They went till Inverness via Loch Ness.
他们经尼斯湖去因弗内斯。
■Can they make the food hand out till next pay day?
他们能把食物维持到下次发工资那天吗?
■They used to work from morning till night.
他们过去总是从早做到晚。
■He's had his fingers in the till for years.
他偷工作部门的钱已多年。
■He would wait till they were back, he decided.
他决定一直等到他们回来。
■He commanded those powerful armies till then assembled in modern warfare, he enforced conscription of soldiers for the first time in American history and under imperative necessity he abolished the rights of Habeas Corpus.
他命令强大的军队集结投入现代战争,他在美国历史上首次厉行征兵制度,在紧急形势的要求下,他废除了人身保护令所赋予的权力。
■He was fired for stealing money from the till.
他因从柜台抽屉偷钱而遭解雇。
■He sat, cursing himself, till his tea was stewed.
他坐着咒骂自己,直到把茶煮浓了。
■He had thrummed upon this topic till it is threadbare.
他对这个问题一再发言已使它成为陈词滥调。
■He hardly ever got to bed till past twelve.
他很少在12点以前睡觉。
■He had to lay up his legs till they got well.
他得在睡椅上伸展两腿,一直到放好位置为止。
■He cut back into the wood and hide there till darkness come.
他急忙返回树林,在那儿一直躲到天黑。
■He hunted through the files till he found the blueprint.
他把档案翻了一遍,最后才找到图纸。
■He stretched the rubber band till it snapped.
他把橡皮筋啪的一声拉断了。
■He kept on till the work was finished.
他接着干,直到把工作干完。
■He recomposed the editorial till dawn.
他改写社论直到天亮。
■He kept count of the meteors till midnight.
他数流星一直数到半夜。
■His father had advised him not to get married till he was35, and Tom intended to follow this advice.
他父亲劝告过他不到三十五岁不要结婚,汤姆打算遵从这个遗言。
■He didn't return home till five.
他直到五时才回家。
■He waited and waited till the clouds rolled by.
他等了又等,直到时机到来。
■He cast and balanced till midnight.
他算帐算到半夜。
■He will stick at his books till midnight.
他要读书到深夜。