till

柯林斯詞典

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(kāi)家門(mén)。
3. N-COUNT A till is the drawer of a cash register, where the money is kept. (收銀機(jī)中的) 錢(qián)櫃[美國(guó)英語(yǔ)]
He checked the register. There was money in the till. 他檢查了收銀機(jī)。錢(qián)櫃裡有錢(qián)。
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(tái); 收銀機(jī)[英國(guó)英語(yǔ)]
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