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The word "till" can be used as a preposition or conjunction, often informally as a substitute for "until," indicating a period of time up to a certain point. It is also a noun referring to a cash register or the drawer within it where money is kept, particularly in British English. Additionally, "till" functions as a verb meaning to cultivate or plow land in preparation for crops.

The word "till" can be used as a preposition or conjunction, often informally as a substitute for "until," indicating a period of time up to a certain point. It is also a noun referring to a cash register or the drawer within it where money is kept, particularly in British English. Additionally, "till" functions as a verb meaning to cultivate or plow land in preparation for crops.

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/tɪ̱l/
1
[PREP 介词](常于口语与非正式书面语中代替 until) In spoken English and informal written English, till is often used instead of until .
  • They had to wait till Monday to ring the bank manager...

    他们必须等到周一才能给银行经理打电话。

  • I've survived till now, and will go on doing so without help from you.

    我一直努力活到了现在,而且没有你的帮助也能继续活下去。

  • Till is also a conjunction.
    • I hadn't left home till I was nineteen...

      直到 19 岁我才离开家。

    • They slept till the alarm bleeper woke them at four.

      他们一直睡到4点钟被寻呼机闹钟叫醒。

Usage Note :

Note that you only use till or until when you are talking about time. You do not use these words to talk about place or position. Instead, you should use as far as or up to. Then you'll be riding with us as far as the village?... We walked up to where his bicycle was.

注意只有在谈及时间时才用 till 或 until。在谈及地点或位置时不用这两个词,而应用as far as或up to:Then you'll be riding with us as far as the village (然后你会坐我们的车一直坐到那个村庄),We walked up to where his bicycle was (我们一直走到他放自行车的地方)。

2
[N-COUNT 可数名词](商店等处的)现金出纳机,收银机 In a shop or other place of business, a till is a counter or cash register where money is kept, and where customers pay for what they have bought.
  [BRIT 英]
  • ...long queues at tills that make customers angry.

    收银台前令顾客恼火的长队

in AM, use 美国英语用 cash register
3
[N-COUNT 可数名词](收银机中的)钱柜,放钱的抽屉 A till is the drawer of a cash register, in which the money is kept.
  [usu the N]
  [AM 美]
  • He checked the register. There was money in the till.

    他查看了一下收银机的抽屉,里面有钱。

4
[VERB 动词]耕,犁(地) When people till land, they prepare the earth and work on it in order to grow crops.
  [V n]
  [V-ed]
  [LITERARY 文]
  • Workers were singing as they tilled the rice paddy fields.

    劳动者们一边耕犁稻田一边唱歌。

  • ...freshly tilled fields.

    刚犁过的田地


Oxford till / tɪl ; NAmE tɪl /
conjunction
,
preposition
,
noun
,
verb
till tills tilled tilling
conjunction , preposition =
until
We're open till 6 o'clock. 我们营业到 6 点钟。 Can't you wait till we get home? 难道你就不能等我们回到家吗? Just wait till you see it. It's great. 你就等着直到看见它吧。好看极了。 HELP  Tillis generally felt to be more informal than untiland is used much less often in writing. At the beginning of a sentence, untilis usually used. 一般认为 till 不如 until 正式,在书面语中不常用。句首通常用 until。
noun 1 ( BrE) =
cash register
2 ( BrE) ( informal) the place where you pay for goods in a large shop/store (大商店中的)交款处,收银枱 Please pay at the till. 请在交款处付款。 a long queue at the till 收款处的长队 3 ( especially NAmE) the drawer where the money is put in a cash register (现金出纳机的)放钱的抽屉 IDIOMsee
finger
n.
verb tillsth ( old use) to prepare and use land for growing crops 耕作;犁地 till / tɪl ; NAmE tɪl /
LDC
till1 preposition, conjunction
till2 noun
till3 verb
tilltill1 /tɪl, tl/ ●●● S1 preposition, conjunction spoken
Examples
Collocations
Phrases
until:  I didn’t have a boyfriend till I was 17. The shop’s open till nine o'clock on Fridays.
till1 preposition, conjunction
till2 noun
till3 verb
tilltill2 /tɪl/ noun [countable]
Word Origin
Examples
Thesaurus
Collocations
Phrases
1British English a machine used in shops, restaurants etc for calculating the amount you have to pay, and for storing the money SYN cash register American English2in the till American English money in the till is money that a company or organization has:  You keep as much money as you need in the till to run your operations.3have your hands/fingers in the till to steal money from the place where you workbe caught with your hands/fingers in the till (=to be caught stealing from your employer)
till1 preposition, conjunction
till2 noun
till3 verb
tilltill3 verb [transitive]
Word Origin
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to prepare land for growing crops SYN  cultivatetill the soil/land/fields etc
WDF

till

[tɪl]tilled, tilling, tills

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Spoken:

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耕作(33%),放钱的抽屉(28%),备用现金(25%),直到 ... 为止(14%)
prep.直到
conj.直到...为止
n.[地理][水文] 冰碛;放钱的抽屉;备用现金
vt.耕种;犁
vi.耕种;耕耘
n.(Till)人名;(法)蒂伊;(匈、德、捷)蒂尔;(英)蒂尔(女子教名Matilda的昵称)

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