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

till1

/tɪl

preposition & conjunction

Less formal way of saying until.As it happens, the lads are a little bleary-eyed today, having partied till late the previous night....

The police refused till the previous owners were tracked down and said that would require too much police work.
The revelers partied on till midnight, until everyone had their fill of food, drink and dancing.

Synonyms

until, up to, up till, up until, as late as, up to the time of/that, until such time as, pending;

North American through

before, prior to, previous to, up to, until, up until, up till, earlier than, in advance of, ante-, pre-

Usage

In most contexts till and until have the same meaning and are interchangeable. The main difference is that till is generally considered to be the more informal of the two, and occurs less frequently than until in writing. Until also tends to be the natural choice at the beginning of a sentence: until 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.

Origin

Old English til, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse til 'to', also ultimately to till³.

Rhymes

till2

/tɪl

noun

A cash register or drawer for money in a shop, bank, or restaurant: there were queues at the till checkout tills...

What follows is the city economy in decline, no money in the tills and shops closing.
The robbers forced the drawers from the two tills on the main counter and the drive-through and ran off with an undisclosed amount of money.
Questions were raised as to why barcodes were missing from stock and receipts were not used when money passed through the shop tills.

Synonyms

cash register, cash box, cash drawer, strongbox;

checkout, cash desk, pay desk, counter

Phrases

have (or with) one's fingers (or hand) in the till

Origin

Late Middle English (in the general sense 'drawer or compartment for valuables'): of unknown origin.

till3

/tɪl

verb [with object]

Prepare and cultivate (land) for crops: no land was being tilled or crops sown...

Aggie and her husband Pat were farming people who tilled the land, harvested the crops and raised livestock.
The Tongas whose major occupation has been agriculture used livestock for tilling the land, getting milk for sale and home consumption.
Just a quarter of the country's farm land is tilled under valid land use contracts.

Synonyms

cultivate, work, farm, plough, dig, spade, turn over, turn up, break up, loosen, harrow, prepare, fertilize, plant

literary delve

Derivatives

tillable

/ˈtɪləb(ə)l/ adjective ...

‘Only about 5 acres were tillable,’ he recalls.
‘It had just three acres of tillable ground on a beautiful mountain side, but very rocky, rough conditions,’ Andrew remembers.
The land consists of 30 acres of tillable fields, a creek, and hundreds of tall maple trees.

Origin

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 till¹. The current sense dates from Middle English.

till4

/tɪl

noun [mass noun] Geology

Boulder clay or other sediment deposited by melting glaciers or ice sheets.Glacial tills (boulder clays) and their ancient equivalents, tillites, are of this type.

Origin

Late 17th century (originally Scots, denoting shale): of unknown origin.

单词	till
释义	till1 /tɪl / preposition & conjunction Less formal way of saying until.As it happens, the lads are a little bleary-eyed today, having partied till late the previous night.... The police refused till the previous owners were tracked down and said that would require too much police work. The revelers partied on till midnight, until everyone had their fill of food, drink and dancing. Synonyms until, up to, up till, up until, as late as, up to the time of/that, until such time as, pending; North American through before, prior to, previous to, up to, until, up until, up till, earlier than, in advance of, ante-, pre- Usage In most contexts till and until have the same meaning and are interchangeable. The main difference is that till is generally considered to be the more informal of the two, and occurs less frequently than until in writing. Until also tends to be the natural choice at the beginning of a sentence: until 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. Origin Old English til, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse til 'to', also ultimately to till³. Rhymes bill, Brazil, brill, Camille, chill, cookchill, dill, distil (US distill), downhill, drill, Edgehill, Estoril, fill, freewill, frill, fulfil (US fulfill), Gill, goodwill, grill, grille, hill, ill, instil, kill, krill, mil, mill, nil, Phil, pill, quadrille, quill, rill, Seville, shill, shrill, sill, skill, spadille, spill, squill, still, stock-still, swill, thill, thrill, trill, twill, until, uphill, will till2 /tɪl / noun A cash register or drawer for money in a shop, bank, or restaurant: there were queues at the till checkout tills... What follows is the city economy in decline, no money in the tills and shops closing. The robbers forced the drawers from the two tills on the main counter and the drive-through and ran off with an undisclosed amount of money. Questions were raised as to why barcodes were missing from stock and receipts were not used when money passed through the shop tills. Synonyms cash register, cash box, cash drawer, strongbox; checkout, cash desk, pay desk, counter Phrases have (or with) one's fingers (or hand) in the till Origin Late Middle English (in the general sense 'drawer or compartment for valuables'): of unknown origin. till3 /tɪl / verb [with object] Prepare and cultivate (land) for crops: no land was being tilled or crops sown... Aggie and her husband Pat were farming people who tilled the land, harvested the crops and raised livestock. The Tongas whose major occupation has been agriculture used livestock for tilling the land, getting milk for sale and home consumption. Just a quarter of the country's farm land is tilled under valid land use contracts. Synonyms cultivate, work, farm, plough, dig, spade, turn over, turn up, break up, loosen, harrow, prepare, fertilize, plant literary delve Derivatives tillable /ˈtɪləb(ə)l/ adjective ... ‘Only about 5 acres were tillable,’ he recalls. ‘It had just three acres of tillable ground on a beautiful mountain side, but very rocky, rough conditions,’ Andrew remembers. The land consists of 30 acres of tillable fields, a creek, and hundreds of tall maple trees. Origin 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 till¹. The current sense dates from Middle English. till4 /tɪl / noun [mass noun] Geology Boulder clay or other sediment deposited by melting glaciers or ice sheets.Glacial tills (boulder clays) and their ancient equivalents, tillites, are of this type. Origin Late 17th century (originally Scots, denoting shale): of unknown origin.
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