till

英 [tɪl] 美[tɪl]

n. [地理][水文] 冰碛；放钱的抽屉；备用现金
prep. 直到
conj. 直到...为止
vt. 耕种；犁
vi. 耕种；耕耘
n. (Till)人名；(法)蒂伊；(匈、德、捷)蒂尔；(英)蒂尔(女子教名Matilda的昵称)

近义词 safe register vault plow cultivate drawer work cash depository

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英英释义

1. unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together

2. a treasury for government funds

3. a strongbox for holding cash

词组搭配

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。

考试真题

They had to work from early morning till late at night.

But till now, they've been something like a mirage（幻影）in the distance, more like a hazy（模糊的）dream than an actual reality.

Well, at 3:30, you're seeing our sales representative there and then you're free till the evening.

Well, I guess I'd sell my watch or computer or do some odd jobs till I could afford a return plane ticket.

That sounds tempting, but I won't be ready till 5, as I've got my statistic seminar now.

However,while talking is largely subconscious and rapid, writing is deliberate and slow, Over time,writers took advantage of this and started crafting long-winded sentences such as this one:The whole engagement lasted above 12 hours, till the gradual retreat of the Persians was changed into a disorderly flight, of which the shameful example was given by the principal leaders and……" No one talks like that casually — or should

I try not to go online till my day's writing is finished, and I moved from Manhattan to rural Japan in part so I could more easily survive for long stretches entirely on foot.

Not only does she have a tendency to be moody all the time, but she misses appointments, doesn't follow through on projects, and doesn't seem to plan anything till the last minute.

Anna just emailed to say that the managers' meeting is put off till next Monday.

I go back years ago, when we lived in a three-room house, when we got up before daylight and worked till after dark to make ends meet.

The research of till Von Wachter, the economist in Columbia University, suggests that not all people graduating into a recession see their life chances dimmed: those with degrees from elite universities catch up fairly quickly to where they otherwise woul

实用场景例句

We're open till 6 o'clock.: 我们营业到6点钟。

Can't you wait till we get home?: 难道你就不能等我们回到家吗？

Just wait till you see it. It's great.: 你就等着直到看见它吧。好看极了。

Please pay at the till.: 请在交款处付款。

a long queue at the till: 收款处的长队

They had to wait till Monday to ring the bank manager...: 他们必须等到周一才能给银行经理打电话。

I've survived till now, and will go on doing so without help from you.: 我一直努力活到了现在，而且没有你的帮助也能继续活下去。

...long queues at tills that make customers angry.: 收银台前令顾客恼火的长队

He checked the register. There was money in the till.: 他查看了一下收银机的抽屉，里面有钱。

Workers were singing as they tilled the rice paddy fields.: 劳动者们一边耕犁稻田一边唱歌。

...freshly tilled fields.: 刚犁过的田地

He's very angry now; wait till he comes around.: 他现在正在气头上, 等他气消了再说吧.

Why should it be put off till next month?: 为什么非要挨到下个月不可?

They are out together with their friends from morning till night.: 他们整天和朋友们待在外边.

He always fills his glass till it overflows.: 他总是把杯子斟得很满.

He began to drink, drank himself to intoxication, till he slept obliterated.: 他一直喝, 喝到他快要迷糊地睡着了.

I'll work my fingers to the bone till I pay back all my debts.: 我要拼命地工作直到把借款还清.

They worked till midnight.: 他们工作到半夜.

The mountaineers did not begin to come down the mountain till they had reached the top.: 登山者们登上顶峰后才开始下来.

I shall postpone making a decision till I learn full particulars.: 在未获悉详情之前我得从缓作出决定.

There was hardly any traffic and we drove right along till we got home.: 路上几乎没有别的车辆,我们驾车一直开到家.

I sat up till she came back.: 我一直坐到她回来.

I think the car will just last out till we get to London.: 我看这辆车只能凑合着开到伦敦.

If you're waiting for a bus, you'll have to wait till the cows come home. They're on strike.: 如果你要等公共汽车得无限期地等下去, 他们罢工了.

He chooses to look into the matter till the truth is out.: 他决定调查那件事直至真相大白.

The drunkard, blackguarded about the street till he got his head cut and his clothes torn.: 那个醉汉在街头胡闹,一直闹到他的头受了伤,衣服也被撕破方才罢休.

He boozed till daylight and dozed into the afternoon.: 他喝了个通霄,昏沉沉地一直睡到下午.

词态变化

复数: tills;第三人称单数: tills;过去式: tilled;过去分词: tilled;现在分词: tilling;

中文词源

till 朝向，直到

来自古英语 til,朝向，直到，来自 Proto-Germanic*til,朝向，直到，来自 Proto-Germanic*tilan, 努力，终点，目标，可能来自 PIE*do,表方向，朝向，词源同 to.

英文词源

till: till: English has three distinct words till, but two of them are probably related. The etymological notion underlying till ‘cultivate the soil’ [OE] is of ‘striving to obtain a goal’. Indeed, that is what its Old English ancestor tilian originally meant; ‘cultivate’ is a late Old English development, via an intermediate ‘labour’. The verb comes from a prehistoric Germanic *tilōjan, a derivative of the noun *tilam ‘aim, purpose’ (source of German ziel ‘goal’).

This passed into Old English as till ‘fixed point’, which seems to have been converted into a preposition meaning ‘up to a particular point (originally in space, but soon also in time)’. The compound until dates from the 13th century; its first element was borrowed from Old Norse *und ‘till’. The origins of till ‘money box’ [15] are uncertain.
till (prep.): "until," Old English til (Northumbrian) "to," from Old Norse til "to, until," from Proto-Germanic *tilan (cognates: Danish til, Old Frisian til "to, till," Gothic tils "convenient," German Ziel "limit, end, goal"). A common preposition in Scandinavian, serving in the place of English to, probably originally the accusative case of a noun now lost except for Icelandic tili "scope," the noun used to express aim, direction, purpose (as in aldrtili "death," literally "end of life"). Also compare German Ziel "end, limit, point aimed at, goal," and till (v.).
till (v.): "cultivate (land)" early 13c.; "plow," late 14c., from Old English tilian "cultivate, tend, work at, get by labor," originally "strive after, aim at, aspire to," related to till "fixed point, goal," and til "good, useful, suitable," from Proto-Germanic *tilojan (cognates: Old Frisian tilia "to get, cultivate," Old Saxon tilian "to obtain," Middle Dutch, Dutch telen "to breed, raise, cultivate, cause," Old High German zilon "to strive," German zielen "to aim, strive"), from source of till (prep.).

For sense development, compare expression work the land, Old Norse yrkja "work," but especially "cultivate" (and also "to make verses"); Old Church Slavonic delati "work," also "cultivate." Related: Tilled; tilling.
till (n.): "cashbox," mid-15c., from Anglo-French tylle "compartment," Old French tille "compartment, shelter on a ship," probably from Old Norse þilja "plank, floorboard," from Proto-Germanic *theljon. The other theory [Klein, Century Dictionary] is that the word is from Middle English tillen "to draw," from Old English -tyllan (see toll (v.)), with a sense evolution as in drawer (see draw (v.)).

双语例句

1. I picked first all the people who usually were left till last.: 我先挑出了所有通常留到最后的人。

2. Lou prattled on about various trivialities till I wanted to scream.: 卢就各种芝麻小事唠叨个没完，后来我烦得都想尖叫了。

3. He checked the register. There was money in the till.: 他查看了一下收银机的抽屉，里面有钱。

4. She'd been working in her room till a noise had disturbed her.: 她一直在房间里工作，直到有声响打扰了她。

5. Alex didn't read fluently till he was nearly seven.: 亚历克斯快到7岁时才能流利地阅读。