| 单词 | till last |
| 释义 | > as lemmastill (also until) last (i) (also till (also until) last): to be the final or only remaining one, until all others have gone, been used, etc. Π a1639 H. Wotton Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1672) 370 I am in this likewise no reserver of my good will till the last. 1663 J. Birkenhead Cabala 20 The best Wine left until last. 1766 A. Nicol Poems Several Subj. 273 Defer not that till last which cannot be Done oversoon, if undone ruins thee. 1853 C. Brontë Villette I. xiv. 268 With considerable willingness I ate and drank, keeping the petit pâté till the last, as a bonne bouche. c1927 H. B. Smith Sheep & Wool Industry 76 They always leave the ‘cobblers’, or hard sheep, until the last. 1954 Househ. Guide & Almanac (News of World) 160/2 The dirty laundry should be left until last. 2004 R. George Treading Grapes (2005) 79 But the best was saved till last, two old and quite contrasting vintages of II Poggio. < as lemmas |
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