| 释义 |
till
till 1 T0213200 (tĭl)tr.v. tilled, till·ing, tills To prepare (land) for the raising of crops, as by plowing and harrowing; cultivate.
[Middle English tillen, from Old English tilian.]
till′a·ble adj.
till 2 T0213200 (tĭl)prep. Until.conj. Until.
[Middle English, from Old English til, from Old Norse.]Usage Note: Till and until are generally interchangeable in both writing and speech, though as the first word in a sentence until is usually preferred: Until you get that paper written, don't even think about going to the movies. · Till is actually the older word, with until having been formed by the addition to it of the prefix un-, meaning "up to." In the 1700s, the spelling 'till became fashionable, as if till were a shortened form of until. Although 'till is now nonstandard, 'til is sometimes used in this way and is considered acceptable, though it is etymologically incorrect.
till 3 T0213200 (tĭl)n.1. A drawer, small chest, or compartment for money, as in a store.2. A supply of money; a purse.
[Middle English tille.]
till 4 T0213200 (tĭl)n. Glacial drift composed of an unconsolidated, heterogeneous mixture of clay, sand, pebbles, cobbles, and boulders.
[Origin unknown.]till (tɪl) conj, prep1. Also (not standard): 'til short for until2. Scot to; towards3. dialect in order that: come here till I tell you. [Old English til; related to Old Norse til to, Old High German zil goal, aim]Usage: Till is a variant of until that is acceptable at all levels of language. Until is, however, often preferred at the beginning of a sentence in formal writing: until his behaviour improves, he cannot become a member
till (tɪl) vb (tr) 1. (Agriculture) to cultivate and work (land) for the raising of crops2. (Agriculture) another word for plough[Old English tilian to try, obtain; related to Old Frisian tilia to obtain, Old Saxon tilōn to obtain, Old High German zilōn to hasten towards] ˈtillable adj ˈtiller n
till (tɪl) n (Commerce) a box, case, or drawer into which the money taken from customers is put, now usually part of a cash register[C15 tylle, of obscure origin]
till (tɪl) n (Geological Science) an unstratified glacial deposit consisting of rock fragments of various sizes. The most common is boulder clay[C17: of unknown origin]till1 (tɪl)
prep. 1. up to the time of; until: to fight till death. 2. before (used in negative constructions): They didn't come till today. 3. before; to: My watch says ten till four. 4. Chiefly Scot. to. conj. 5. until. [before 900; Middle English; Old English (north) til < Old Norse til to, akin to Old English till fixed point, Old High German zil goal, Gothic til opportunity. compare till2] usage: till and until are both very old in the language and are interchangeable as both prepositions and conjunctions: It rained till (or until) nearly midnight. The savannah remained brown until (or till) the rains began. till is not a shortened form of until and is not spelled 'till. 'til is usu. considered a spelling error, though commonly used in business and advertising: Open 'til ten. till2 (tɪl)
v.t. 1. to labor, as by plowing or harrowing, upon (land) for the raising of crops; cultivate. v.i. 2. to cultivate the soil. [before 900; Middle English tilen, Old English tilian to strive after, get, till; c. Old Frisian tilia to cultivate, Old Saxon tilian to attain, Old High German zilēn, zilōn to hasten; akin to till1] till3 (tɪl)
n. 1. a drawer, box, or the like, in which money is kept, as in a shop. 2. a drawer, tray, or the like, as in a cabinet, chest, or desk, for keeping valuables. [1425–75; late Middle English tylle < Anglo-French, of uncertain orig.] till4 (tɪl)
n. glacial drift consisting of an unsorted mixture of clay, sand, gravel, and boulders. [1665–75; orig. uncertain] till (tĭl) A mass of boulders, pebbles, sand, and mud scraped up by a moving glacier and deposited either by the glacier's movement or by its melting.until tillUntil and till can be prepositions or conjunctions. There is no difference in meaning between until and till. Till is more common in conversation, and is not used in formal writing. 1. used as prepositionsIf you do something until or till a particular time, you stop doing it at that time. He continued to teach until his death in 1960.I said I'd work till 4 p.m.If you want to emphasize that something does not stop before the time you mention, you can use up until, up till, or up to. Up until 1950 coal provided over 90% of our energy needs.Eleanor had not up till then taken part in the discussion.Up to now they've had very little money.If something does not happen until or till a particular time, it does not happen before that time. Details will not be available until January.We didn't get back till two.2. used with 'after'You can use until or till with phrases beginning with after. He decided to wait until after Christmas to propose to Gertrude.We didn't get home till after midnight.Be Careful!
Don't use 'until' or 'till' to say that something will have happened before a particular time. Don't say, for example, 'The work will be finished until four o'clock'. You say 'The work will be finished by four o'clock'. By 8.05 the groups were ready.Total sales reached 1 million by 2010.3. used with 'from'From is often used with until or till to say when something finishes and ends. The ticket office will be open from 10.00am until 1.00pm.They worked from dawn till dusk.In sentences like these, you can use to instead of 'until' or 'till'. Some American speakers also use through. Open daily 1000-1700 from 23rd March to 3rd November.I was in college from 1985 through 1990.Be Careful!
You only use until or till when you are talking about time. Don't use these words to talk about position. Don't say, for example, 'She walked until the post office'. You say 'She walked as far as the post office'. They drove as far as the Cantabrian mountains.4. used as conjunctionsInstead of a noun phrase, you can use a subordinate clause after until or till. You often use the present simple in the subordinate clause. They concentrate on one language until they go to university.Stay here with me till help comes.You can also use the present perfect in the subordinate clause. I'll wait here until you have had your breakfast.When you are talking about events in the past, you use the past simple or the past perfect in the subordinate clause. The plan remained secret until it was exposed by the press.He continued watching until I had driven off in my car.Be Careful!
Don't use a future form in the subordinate clause. Don't say, for example 'Stay here with me till help will come' or 'I'll wait here until you will have had your breakfast'. till
Past participle: tilled
Gerund: tilling
| Present |
|---|
| I till | | you till | | he/she/it tills | | we till | | you till | | they till |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I tilled | | you tilled | | he/she/it tilled | | we tilled | | you tilled | | they tilled |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am tilling | | you are tilling | | he/she/it is tilling | | we are tilling | | you are tilling | | they are tilling |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have tilled | | you have tilled | | he/she/it has tilled | | we have tilled | | you have tilled | | they have tilled |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was tilling | | you were tilling | | he/she/it was tilling | | we were tilling | | you were tilling | | they were tilling |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had tilled | | you had tilled | | he/she/it had tilled | | we had tilled | | you had tilled | | they had tilled |
| Future |
|---|
| I will till | | you will till | | he/she/it will till | | we will till | | you will till | | they will till |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have tilled | | you will have tilled | | he/she/it will have tilled | | we will have tilled | | you will have tilled | | they will have tilled |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be tilling | | you will be tilling | | he/she/it will be tilling | | we will be tilling | | you will be tilling | | they will be tilling |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been tilling | | you have been tilling | | he/she/it has been tilling | | we have been tilling | | you have been tilling | | they have been tilling |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been tilling | | you will have been tilling | | he/she/it will have been tilling | | we will have been tilling | | you will have been tilling | | they will have been tilling |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been tilling | | you had been tilling | | he/she/it had been tilling | | we had been tilling | | you had been tilling | | they had been tilling |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would till | | you would till | | he/she/it would till | | we would till | | you would till | | they would till |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have tilled | | you would have tilled | | he/she/it would have tilled | | we would have tilled | | you would have tilled | | they would have tilled |
till1. cash register2. Sediment dumped by a glacier.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  till - unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed togetherboulder claydirt, soil - the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock | | 2. |  till - a treasury for government funds public treasury, troughexchequer, treasury - the funds of a government or institution or individual | | 3. |  till - a strongbox for holding cash cashbox, money boxcash register, register - a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions; used in shops to add up the billdeedbox, strongbox - a strongly made box for holding money or valuables; can be locked | | Verb | 1. | till - work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation; "till the soil"farming, husbandry, agriculture - the practice of cultivating the land or raising stockwork on, work, process - shape, form, or improve a material; "work stone into tools"; "process iron"; "work the metal"plow, plough, turn - to break and turn over earth especially with a plow; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring"hoe - dig with a hoe; "He is hoeing the flower beds" |
till1verb cultivate, dig, plough, work, turn over freshly tilled fields
till2noun cash register, cash box, cash drawer He checked the register. There was money in the till.tillverbTo prepare (soil) for the planting and raising of crops:cultivate, culture, dress, tend, work.Translationstill1 (til) preposition, conjunction to the time of or when. I'll wait till six o'clock; Go on till you reach the station. 直到...為止 直到...为止
till2 (til) noun (in a shop etc) a container or drawer in which money is put and registered. (櫃臺中)放錢的抽屜 ,錢櫃 放钱的柜子或抽屉till
tillIn addition to the subsequent idioms beginning with till, also see hand in the till; until. See:- all hours
- Call no man happy till he dies
- catch (one) with (one's) fingers in the till
- catch (one) with (one's) hand in the till
- church ain't out till they quit singing
- cross a bridge when one comes to it
- Don't cross that bridge till you come to it.
- don't halloo till you are out of the woods
- don't trouble trouble till trouble troubles you
- don't whistle till you are out of the woods
- find (one) with (one's) fingers in the till
- find (one) with (one's) hand in the till
- from here till next Tuesday
- Good-bye for now
- hand in the till, with one's
- have (one's) fingers in the till
- have (one's) hand in the till
- have hand in the till
- have your fingers in the till
- have your fingers/hand in the till
- have your hand in the till
- If it ain’t broke, fix it till it is
- if it ain't broke, fix it till it is
- it ain't over till/until it's over
- it ain't over till/until the fat lady sings
- it ain't/it's not over till the fat lady sings
- it isn't over till the fat lady sings
- it isn't over till/until the fat lady sings
- it's not over till it's over
- it's not over till/until the fat lady sings
- Never halloo till you are out of the woods
- Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
- Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you
- never whistle till you are out of the woods
- not until the cows come home
- rob the till
- shop till (one) drops
- shop till you drop
- talk till (one) is blue in the face
- talk till (one's) face is blue
- till
- till (one) (is) blue in the face
- till (one's) dying day
- till all hours
- till all hours (of the day and night)
- till death do us part
- till death us do part
- till doomsday
- till hell freezes over
- till kingdom come
- till next time
- till the cows come home
- till the fat lady sings
- till the last
- till we meet again
- till you're blue in the face
- till/to/until your dying day
- till/until all hours
- till/until kingdom come
- till/until the bitter end
- till/until the cows come home
- to (one's) dying day
- to the bitter end
- to the last
- to/till the last
- until (one's) dying day
- until all hours (of the day and night)
- until hell freezes over
- until then
- wait till
- wait till/until...
- wait until
- with (one's) fingers in the till
- with (one's) hand in the till
- work till you drop
- You never know till you try
- you never know what you've got till it's gone
- You never miss the water till the well runs dry
till
till: see driftdrift,
deposit of mixed clay, gravel, sand, and boulders transported and laid down by glaciers. Stratified, or glaciofluvial, drift is carried by waters flowing from the melting ice of a glacier.
..... Click the link for more information. .Till a specially equipped place designed for receipt, payment, and safe storage of cash and other valuables. till[til] (geology) Unsorted and unstratified drift consisting of a heterogeneous mixture of clay, sand, gravel, and boulders which is deposited by and underneath a glacier. Also known as boulder clay; glacial till; ice-laid drift. till, glacial till, boulder clayAn unstratified glacial deposit which consists of pockets of clay, gravel, sand, silt, and boulders; has not been subject to the sorting action of water; usually has good load-sustaining properties.till1 a box, case, or drawer into which the money taken from customers is put, now usually part of a cash register
till2 an unstratified glacial deposit consisting of rock fragments of various sizes. The most common is boulder clay TILL
TILL (til), Abbreviation for treble increase at low levels.Till
Till1. A term for government funds.
2. A British term for a cash register.TILL
| Acronym | Definition |
|---|
| TILL➣Track Illuminator Laser | | TILL➣Toward Independent Living and Learning, Inc. (est. 1980; Dedham, MA) | | TILL➣Tilburg Internet Law Library (Netherlands) | | TILL➣Treble Increase at Low Levels (audiology) | | TILL➣The Institute for Liberian Languages |
till
Related to till: till dateSynonyms for tillverb cultivateSynonyms- cultivate
- dig
- plough
- work
- turn over
noun cash registerSynonyms- cash register
- cash box
- cash drawer
Synonyms for tillverb to prepare (soil) for the planting and raising of cropsSynonyms- cultivate
- culture
- dress
- tend
- work
Synonyms for tillnoun unstratified soil deposited by a glacierSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun a treasury for government fundsSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun a strongbox for holding cashSynonymsRelated Words- cash register
- register
- deedbox
- strongbox
verb work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivationRelated Words- farming
- husbandry
- agriculture
- work on
- work
- process
- plow
- plough
- turn
- hoe
|