till 音标拼音: [t'ɪl]
prep . 直到,在…以前,迄
conj . 直到…为止
vt . 耕种
n . 放钱的抽屉,备用现金
直到,在…以前,迄直到…为止耕种放钱的抽屉,备用现金
till n 1 :
unstratified soil deposited by a glacier ;
consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together [
synonym :
{
till }, {
boulder clay }]
2 :
a treasury for government funds [
synonym : {
public treasury },
{
trough }, {
till }]
3 :
a strongbox for holding cash [
synonym : {
cashbox }, {
money box },
{
till }]
v 1 :
work land as by ploughing ,
harrowing ,
and manuring ,
in order to make it ready for cultivation ; "
till the soil "
Till \
Till \,
n .
1 . (
Geol .)
A deposit of clay ,
sand ,
and gravel ,
without lamination ,
formed in a glacier valley by means of the waters derived from the melting glaciers ; --
sometimes applied to alluvium of an upper river terrace ,
when not laminated ,
and appearing as if formed in the same manner .
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2 .
A kind of coarse ,
obdurate land . --
Loudon .
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Till \
Till \,
prep . [
OE .
til ,
Icel .
til ;
akin to Dan .
til ,
Sw .
till ,
OFries .
til ,
also to AS .
til good ,
excellent ,
G .
ziel end ,
limit ,
object ,
OHG .
zil ,
Goth .
tils ,
gatils ,
fit ,
convenient ,
and E .
till to cultivate .
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Till },
v .
t .]
To ;
unto ;
up to ;
as far as ;
until ; --
now used only in respect to time ,
but formerly ,
also ,
of place ,
degree ,
etc .,
and still so used in Scotland and in parts of England and Ireland ;
as ,
I worked till four o '
clock ;
I will wait till next week .
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He . . .
came till an house . --
Chaucer .
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Women ,
up till this Cramped under worse than South -
sea -
isle taboo .
--
Tennyson .
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Similar sentiments will recur to every one familiar with his writings --
all through them till the very end . --
Prof .
Wilson .
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{
Till now },
to the present time .
{
Till then },
to that time .
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Till \
Till \,
n . [
Abbrev .
from lentil .]
A vetch ;
a tare . [
Prov .
Eng .]
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Till \
Till \,
n . [
Properly ,
a drawer ,
from OE .
tillen to draw .
See {
Tiller }
the lever of a rudder .]
A drawer .
Specifically :
(
a )
A tray or drawer in a chest .
(
b )
A money drawer in a shop or store .
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{
Till alarm },
a device for sounding an alarm when a money drawer is opened or tampered with .
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Till \
Till \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Tilled };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Tilling }.] [
OE .
tilen ,
tilien ,
AS .
tilian ,
teolian ,
to aim ,
strive for ,
till ;
akin to OS .
tilian to get ,
D .
telen to propagate ,
G .
zielen to aim ,
ziel an end ,
object ,
and perhaps also to E .
tide ,
time ,
from the idea of something fixed or definite .
Cf . {
Teal }, {
Till },
prep ..]
1 .
To plow and prepare for seed ,
and to sow ,
dress ,
raise crops from ,
etc .,
to cultivate ;
as ,
to till the earth ,
a field ,
a farm .
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No field nolde [
would not ]
tilye . --
P .
Plowman .
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the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden ,
to till the ground from whence he was taken . --
Gen .
iii .
23 .
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2 .
To prepare ;
to get . [
Obs .] --
W .
Browne .
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Till \
Till \,
v .
i .
To cultivate land . --
Piers Plowman .
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Till \
Till \,
conj .
As far as ;
up to the place or degree that ;
especially ,
up to the time that ;
that is ,
to the time specified in the sentence or clause following ;
until .
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And said unto them ,
Occupy till I come . --
Luke xix .
13 .
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Mediate so long till you make some act of prayer to God . --
Jer .
Taylor .
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There was no outbreak till the regiment arrived .
--
Macaulay .
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Note :
This use may be explained by supposing an ellipsis of when ,
or the time when ,
the proper conjunction or conjunctive adverb begin when .
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91 Moby Thesaurus words for "
till ":
Fort Knox ,
backset ,
bank ,
before ,
blackmail ,
boodle ,
booty ,
bursary ,
cash register ,
cashbox ,
chest ,
coffer ,
coin box ,
cultivate ,
culture ,
cut ,
delve ,
depository ,
dig ,
dress ,
exchequer ,
fallow ,
farm ,
fertilize ,
fisc ,
force ,
gold depository ,
graft ,
harrow ,
haul ,
hoe ,
hot goods ,
in advance of ,
labor ,
list ,
locker ,
loot ,
manure ,
money ,
money chest ,
mulch ,
penny bank ,
perks ,
perquisite ,
pickings ,
piggy bank ,
plant ,
plow ,
plunder ,
pork barrel ,
prior to ,
prize ,
prune ,
public crib ,
public till ,
public treasury ,
public trough ,
rake ,
register ,
repository ,
safe ,
safe -
deposit box ,
sow ,
spade ,
spoil ,
spoils ,
spoils of office ,
squeeze ,
stealings ,
stolen goods ,
storehouse ,
strong room ,
strongbox ,
subtreasury ,
swag ,
take ,
tend ,
thin ,
thin out ,
till the soil ,
to ,
treasure -
house ,
treasury ,
turn ,
until ,
unto ,
up to ,
vault ,
weed ,
weed out ,
work
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