英语词汇“till the last”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(f) till (also until) the last .

(i) (also till (also until) last): to be the final or only remaining one, until all others have gone, been used, etc.

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.

(ii) to the end, to the point of death, to the last (see sense Phrases 1a(d)(i)).

ΘΠ

the world > life > death > [adverb] > to death

till (also until) the last1771

1771 Town & Country Mag. Aug. 447/2 He..retained his hearing and sight till the last.

1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 88 And these had been together from the first; They might have been together till the last.

1893 J. A. Hodges Elem. Photogr. 132 The clear portions of the negatives should remain unclouded and free from veil or fog until the last.

1962 Life 14 Sept. 96 (advt.) General Duke had fought till the last, but now the war was over.

2001 H. Hellman Great Feuds in Med. i. 18 Harvey had reached the age of 79,..and with faculties intact and active till the last.

单词	till the last
释义	> as lemmas till (also until) the last (f) till (also until) the 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. (ii) to the end, to the point of death, to the last (see sense Phrases 1a(d)(i)). ΘΠ the world > life > death > [adverb] > to death till (also until) the last1771 1771 Town & Country Mag. Aug. 447/2 He..retained his hearing and sight till the last. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 88 And these had been together from the first; They might have been together till the last. 1893 J. A. Hodges Elem. Photogr. 132 The clear portions of the negatives should remain unclouded and free from veil or fog until the last. 1962 Life 14 Sept. 96 (advt.) General Duke had fought till the last, but now the war was over. 2001 H. Hellman Great Feuds in Med. i. 18 Harvey had reached the age of 79,..and with faculties intact and active till the last. extracted from lastadv.adj.n.⁴ < as lemmas
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