till
preposition,conjunction
uk/tɪl/us/tɪl/A2
up to (thetimethat); until:
直到；到…为止Wewaitedtill six thirty for you.我们一直等你到6点半。
Uptill 1918, women inBritainwere notallowedtovote.在1918年以前，英国不允许妇女参加选举。
Howlongis it till thebabyisdue?你还有多久生孩子？
- Fry theonionstill theystarttocolour.
- IthinkI can come but I won'tcommitmyself till Iknowforsure.
- I'llkeepyoucompanytill thetraincomes.
- MissEdwards hasconfiscatedmycomicstill the end ofterm!
- Keep him offschooltill hestopsbeingcontagious.
Until a particular moment
- before
- day
- far
- hitherto
- in
- inside
- interim
- meanwhile
- now
- pending
- thus
- time
- to
- to dateidiom
- until
- up to(doing) somethingidiom
- wait till/until...idiom
- yet
Grammar
Before,by,till,until
If you have to do something before a certain point in time, then when that point arrives, the action must already be completed:…till
noun[C]
UKuk/tɪl/us/tɪl/(USregister)thedrawerin acashregister(= amachinewhichrecordssalesin ashop, and in whichmoneyiskept)or thecashregister itself:
收银机的抽屉；收银机Nexttimeyou have the tillopen, could you give me somechange?下次打开收银机时，你给我些零钱好吗？
Ithinktheseitemshave beenrungupwronglyonthe till.我想这些商品在收银机上记错了。
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till
verb[T]
uk/tɪl/us/tɪl/toprepareand uselandforgrowingcrops:
耕，犁（土地）Thispieceoflandhas been tilled for hundreds ofyears.这块土地已经被耕耘了几百年。
Farming - general words
- agroecology
- agroforestry
- arable
- biodynamic
- biodynamics
- farming
- grain
- harvest
- haystack
- hungry gap
- hydroponic
- landless
- landrace
- monoculture
- non-farm
- soil
- terrace
- the Agrarian Revolution
- thresh
- vertical farming