单词 | until |
释义 | untiluntil /ənˈtɪl, ʌn-/ ●●● S1 W1 preposition, conjunction 1used to say when an action or situation stops: Stay here until I get back. The meeting went on until 6:30. Up until last year, they didn’t even own a car.from something until something The store is open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Until recently, she’d never been on a plane.2not until used for emphasizing that one thing does not or cannot happen before something else has happened or before a certain time: You can’t watch TV until you’ve done your homework. She didn’t return until the following year.3used for saying how much time there is before something happens: It’s only two weeks until I start college. How long is it until Christmas?4used to show the result of a long or extreme action or event: I laughed until my stomach hurt. [Origin: 1100–1200 un- unto, until + till] |
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