till 详细解释

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

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。

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 |

英英释义

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

同义词:cashbox, money box

动词 till:

work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation

补充

tilltill英:[til] 美:[tɪl]conj.1.直到…时(为止)Please wait for me till I come back.请等我回来。I sat up till she came back.我一直坐到她回来。I waited till they should return.我一直等到他们回来。He will wait till I arrive.他将等到我来。He had hardly reached the station till the train arrived.他刚到火车站, 火车就进站了。prep.1.(表示时间)直到(某一时刻)They talked till dawn.他们一直谈到天明。2.(表示时间)直到(发生某事)It was not till 11 o'clock that he came back last night.昨晚直到11点他才回来。

例句

1. Long queues at tills make customers angry.收银机前排起的长队令顾客恼火。 2. Workers were singing as they tilled the rice paddy fields.劳动者们一边耕种稻田一边唱歌。 3. I waited till ten o'clock.我一直等到10点钟。 4. They had to wait till Monday to ring the bank.他们只好等到星期一再给银行打电话。 5. till last year I'd never been to France.直到去年我才第一次去法国。 6. It won't be ready till next week.这要到下周才能准备好。 7. I didn't leave home till I was nineteen.我直到19岁才离开家。 8. Come here till I tell you.到这儿来, 我好给你讲讲。 9. The meeting lasted from two o'clock till six o' clock.会议由两点一直持续到六点。 10. She didn't return home till eleven o'clock.她11点钟才回家。 11. to give it till her把它给她 12. They went till Inverness via Loch Ness.他们经尼斯湖去因弗内斯。 13. It's ten till three on my watch.我的表是3点差10分。 14. till you leave直到你离开时 15. Keep walking till you reach the traffic lights.一直走到红绿灯为止。 16. 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。 17. to learn to till the soil学耕地 18. 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。 19. no land was being tilled or crops sown.土地都尚未耕,庄稼也未播种。 20. Please pay at the till.请到现金出纳机付款。 21. We won't finish till next week.我们要下周才能完成。 22. Wait till next year.请等到明年。 23. The event doesn't start till tomorrow.这个活动明天才开始。 24. They kept playing till it got dark.他们一直玩到天黑。 25. He spun around till he was dizzy.他一直转到头晕才停下。 26. The farmers are tilling the soil.农民们正在耕地。 27. This land is not tillable. [=not suitable for growing crops]这片土地不适合耕种。 28. He was accused of putting his hand in the till.他被指控从自己工作的地方偷钱。 29. She was caught with her hands in the till.她偷公司钱的时候被当场抓住。