till

conj.

prep.

prep.

noun

noun

1. （大商店中的）交款处，收银台
   the place where you pay for goods in a large shop/store
   1. Please pay at the till.
      请在交款处付款。
   2. a long queue at the till
      收款处的长队
2. （现金出纳机的）放钱的抽屉
   the drawer where the money is put in a cash register

verb

1. 耕作；犁地
   to prepare and use land for growing crops

1. PREP (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 .
   1. 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。
   2. 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。
   3. Till is also a conjunction.
      
   4. I hadn't left home till I was nineteen...
      直到 19 岁我才离开家。
   5. 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。

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 (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.
   1. ...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 (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.
   1. 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 耕，犁(地)
   When people till land, they prepare the earth and work on it in order to grow crops.
   1. Workers were singing as they tilled the rice paddy fields.
      劳动者们一边耕犁稻田一边唱歌。
   2. ...freshly tilled fields.
      刚犁过的田地

1. We could bang on the desks and shout till they let us out
   我们可以拍着桌子大喊大叫，直到他们放我们出去。
2. I approved the doctor's order to keep him in the room till he was dried out.
   我遵照医嘱，将他关在屋子里直到他戒酒成功。
3. It'll stay in my mind till my dying day
   它将长存我心，直到生命的终点。
4. I'll love her till the end of time.
   我会爱她直到永远。
5. I picked first all the people who usually were left till last.
   我先挑出了所有通常留到最后的人。
6. Wait till I get you home, young madam.
   等着我把你接回家来吧，大小姐。
7. She'd been working in her room till a noise had disturbed her.
   她一直在房间里工作，直到有声响打扰了她。
8. We waited till twelve and we finally got on the plane
   我们一直等到12点才终于上了飞机。
9. Lou prattled on about various trivialities till I wanted to scream
   卢就各种芝麻小事唠叨个没完，后来我烦得都想尖叫了。
10. It all keeps going round and round in my head till I don't know where I am.
    这一直在我脑海里萦绕，直到我不知身在何处。
11. They expected me to sit up and shoot the breeze with them till one or two in the morning
    他们希望我晚上熬夜陪他们聊天到凌晨一两点。
12. We should have finished by a quarter past two and the bus doesn't leave till half past.
    两点一刻时我们应该就完成了，而公共汽车要到两点半才开。
13. Often he teased me till my temper went and I stamped and screamed, feeling furiously helpless
    他经常和我开玩笑，直到我生气地跺脚尖叫，却又无可奈何。
14. 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。
15. 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。
16. Workers were singing as they tilled the rice paddy fields.
    劳动者们一边耕犁稻田一边唱歌。
17. He did not finish the work till yesterday.
    到昨天为止，他才做完那工作。
18. He didn't realize that he was wrong up till the present moment.
    到目前为止他还没意识到他错了。
19. They worked till midnight.
    他们工作到半夜。
20. They did not return home till 9 o'clock.
    他们九点钟才回家。
21. He's at it from morning till night, and never gives himself a rest.
    他从早到晚忙来忙去，从不歇会儿。
22. Must we wait till the crane arrives before we start loading?
    非要等起重机来了才能装运吗？
23. Don't put off today's work till tomorrow.
    今天能做的不要拖到明天。
24. Why should it be put off till next month?
    为什么非要挨到下个月不可？
25. I talked till my jaws ached, trying to bring him around.
    我劝了他半天，嘴皮都快磨破了。
26. Stay till I'm through.
    等我做完再走。
27. Thank you for bringing me the news. I've been living in the dark till now!
    谢谢你给我透了个信；我真是蒙在鼓里呀！
28. He will stay there till June.
    他将在那里住到6月。
29. He did not return till ten o'clock.
    顶10点他才回来。

n.

have, etc. your fingers in the till

• 偷自己工作单位的钱；内盗；监守自盗
  to be stealing money from the place where you work

noun

1. a strongbox for holding cash

   Synonym:    cashboxmoney box

2. a treasury for government funds

   Synonym:    public treasurytrough

3. unstratified soil deposited by a glacier

   Synonym:    boulder clay

verb

1. work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation
   1. till the soil