till

1. PREP In spoken English and informal written English, till is often used instead of . 直到…爲(wèi)止

They had to wait till Monday to phone the bank. 他們不得不等到星期一才打電話給銀行。

2. CONJ Till is also a conjunction. 直到…爲(wèi)止

I hadn't left home till I was nineteen. 我直到19嵗才離開家門。

3. N-COUNT A till is the drawer of a cash register, where the money is kept. (收銀機(jī)中的) 錢櫃[美國英語]

He checked the register. There was money in the till. 他檢查了收銀機(jī)。錢櫃裡有錢。

4. N-COUNT 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. (商店等的) 收銀臺; 收銀機(jī)[英國英語]

5. N an unstratified glacial deposit consisting of rock fragments of various sizes. The most common is boulder clay 冰磧物; 冰磧

6. V to cultivate and work (land) for the raising of crops 耕種; 耕耘; 耕作