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 . (常于口语与非正式书面语中代替 until)
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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。
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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。
Till is also a conjunction.
Usage Note :
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. (商店等处的)现金出纳机，收银机 [British]
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. (收银机中的)钱柜，放钱的抽屉 [US]
SYN cash register, cash box, cash drawer
4 VERB 耕，犁(地) When people till land, they prepare the earth and work on it in order to grow crops. 耕，犁(地) [literary]
SYN cultivate, dig, plough, work
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