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单词 till
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till

conjunction, preposition
 
/tɪl/
/tɪl/
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  1. until
    • We're open till 6 o'clock.
    • Can't you wait till we get home?
    • Just wait till you see it. It's great.
    Till is generally felt to be more informal than until and is used much less often in writing. At the beginning of a sentence, until is usually used.
    Word Originconjugation and preposition Old English til, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse til ‘to’, also ultimately to the verb till.

till

noun
/tɪl/
/tɪl/
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  1. (British English)
    (also cash register British and North American English)
    (North American English also register)
    a machine used in shops, restaurants, etc. for keeping money in, and that shows and records the amount of money received for each thing that is soldTopics Shoppingc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • computerized
    • electronic
    till + verb
    • ring
    till + noun
    • receipt
    • roll
    preposition
    • at the till
    • behind the till
    • on the till
    • …
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  2. (British English, informal) the place where you pay for goods in a large shop
    • Please pay at the till.
    • a long queue at the till
    • The supermarket didn't have enough people working on the tills.
    Topics Shoppingc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • computerized
    • electronic
    till + verb
    • ring
    till + noun
    • receipt
    • roll
    preposition
    • at the till
    • behind the till
    • on the till
    • …
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  3. (especially North American English) the drawer where the money is put in a cash registerTopics Shoppingc1, Moneyc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • computerized
    • electronic
    till + verb
    • ring
    till + noun
    • receipt
    • roll
    preposition
    • at the till
    • behind the till
    • on the till
    • …
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    4. Word Originnoun late Middle English (in the general sense ‘drawer or compartment for valuables’): of unknown origin.
Idioms
have, etc. your fingers in the till
  1. (British English, informal) to be stealing money from the place where you work
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  • assistant
  • buy
  • counter
  • display
  • fitting room
  • promotion
  • sale
  • shop
  • store
  • till

till

verb
/tɪl/
/tɪl/
(old use)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they till
/tɪl/
/tɪl/
he / she / it tills
/tɪlz/
/tɪlz/
past simple tilled
/tɪld/
/tɪld/
past participle tilled
/tɪld/
/tɪld/
-ing form tilling
/ˈtɪlɪŋ/
/ˈtɪlɪŋ/
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  1. till something to prepare and use land for growing crops
    Word Originverb 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 till ‘until’. The current sense dates from Middle English.
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