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till prep.直到 ... 为止conj.直到 ... 为止n.放钱的抽屉；备用现金；[地质]冰碛土(物)v.耕作 (1) 会议延至五点召开。(2) 今日事今日毕。(3) 直到那个时候我才感到形势的危险。(4) 哎呀，我简直等不到天黑了。(5) 我们必须继续工作，直至做好为止。(6) 直到失去健康，人们才知道健康的可贵。 When you pay taxes to your town, they go into the local till, or government fund, for community improvements. Till is also used as a verb, meaning to work the land, to get it ready for planting and harvesting. Till can also be used to mean "until," which makes things a bit confusing. So, technically, you could have a sentence like: Don't touch the till till you take the customer's money.

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英 [tɪl] 美 [tɪl] (1) The meeting adjourned till five o'clock.(2) Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.(3) Not till then did I realize the danger of the situation.(4) Gee, I can hardly wait till it's dark.(5) We must stick to our task till it is finished.(6) People do not know the value of health till they lose it. The noun till means the same as "cash register." When you work at the store long enough, they'll let you operate the till. 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 register3[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

英语单词	till
英美音标	英 [tɪl] 美 [tɪl]
中文释义	prep.直到 ... 为止 conj.直到 ... 为止 n.放钱的抽屉；备用现金；[地质]冰碛土(物) v.耕作
英语例句	(1) The meeting adjourned till five o'clock. (2) Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. (3) Not till then did I realize the danger of the situation. (4) Gee, I can hardly wait till it's dark. (5) We must stick to our task till it is finished. (6) People do not know the value of health till they lose it.
中文例句	(1) 会议延至五点召开。 (2) 今日事今日毕。 (3) 直到那个时候我才感到形势的危险。 (4) 哎呀，我简直等不到天黑了。 (5) 我们必须继续工作，直至做好为止。 (6) 直到失去健康，人们才知道健康的可贵。
vocabulary简明	The noun till means the same as "cash register." When you work at the store long enough, they'll let you operate the till.
vocabulary扩展	When you pay taxes to your town, they go into the local till, or government fund, for community improvements. Till is also used as a verb, meaning to work the land, to get it ready for planting and harvesting. Till can also be used to mean "until," which makes things a bit confusing. So, technically, you could have a sentence like: Don't touch the till till you take the customer's money.
柯林斯解释	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

Till I Work Cash Money 为止 Wait People