| 单词 | till |
| 释义 | till till1 /til/, prep. 1. up to the time of; until: to fight till death. 2. before (used in negative constructions): He did not come till today. 3. near or at a specified time: till evening. 4. Chiefly Midland, Southern, and Western U.S. before; to: It's ten till four on my watch. 5. Scot. and North Eng. a. to. b. unto. conj. 6. to the time that or when; until. 7. before (used in negative constructions). [bef. 900; ME; OE (north) til < ON til to, akin to OE till station, G Ziel goal. See TILL2] Usage. TILL1 and UNTIL are both old in the language and are interchangeable as both prepositions and conjunctions: It rained till (or until) nearly midnight. The savannah remained brown and lifeless until (or till) the rains began. TILL is not a shortened form of UNTIL and is not spelled 'TILL. 'TIL is usually considered a spelling error, though widely used in advertising: Open 'til ten. till2 /til/, v.t. 1. to labor, as by plowing or harrowing, upon (land) for the raising of crops; cultivate. 2. to plow. v.i. 3. to cultivate the soil. [bef. 900; ME tilen, OE tilian to strive after, get, till; c. D telen to breed, cultivate, G zielen to aim at] till3 /til/, n. 1. a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept. 2. a drawer, tray, or the like, as in a cabinet or chest, for keeping valuables. 3. an arrangement of drawers or pigeonholes, as on a desk top. [1425-75; late ME tylle, n. use of tylle to draw, OE -tyllan (in fortyllan to seduce); akin to L dolus trick, Gk dólos bait (for fish), any cunning contrivance, treachery] till4 /til/, n. 1. Geol. glacial drift consisting of an unassorted mixure of clay, sand, gravel, and boulders. 2. a stiff clay. [1665-75; orig. uncert.] |
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