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    A short, informal way of writing 'till', which itself means 'until' — up to a certain time. You will see it in song titles, text messages, shop signs and notes: 'Open til late', 'Wait til you see this'. It is not wrong so much as casual: it is the spelling people reach for when they are writing fast or writing to be heard rather than read. In a school essay or a business email, write 'until'.

    A short, informal way of writing 'till,''til'是'till'的簡短非正式寫法 which itself means 'until'而'till'本身的意思是'until' up to a certain time也就是「到某個時間為止」。You will see it in song titles, text messages, shop signs and handwritten notes你會在歌名、簡訊、店家招牌,和手寫便條上看到它 'Open til late', 'Wait til you see this''Open til late'、'Wait til you see this'。It is not wrong so much as casual與其說它是錯的,不如說它比較隨性 it is the spelling people reach for when they are writing fast or writing to be heard rather than read這是人們寫得快,或想讓人「聽起來」而不是「讀起來」順時會用的拼法。In a school essay or a business email在學校作文或商業email裡 write 'until'請寫'until'。

    Though actually, there is a small mess here that even native speakers argue about. 'Till' is the older word — it is a real English word hundreds of years old, not a chopped-off 'until'. So when people write 'til' with one L, and especially when they write ''til' with an , they are 'correcting' a word that never needed correcting.

    Though actually不過其實 there is a small mess here that even native speakers argue about這裡有個小混亂,連母語者都會爭論。'Till' is the older word'till'才是比較老的字 it is a real English word hundreds of years old它是個貨真價實、幾百年歷史的英文字 not a chopped-off 'until'不是'until'被砍掉一段來的。So when people write 'til' with one L所以當人們把'til'寫成一個L and especially when they write ''til' with an apostrophe尤其是加上一撇寫成''til'的時候 they are 'correcting' a word that never needed correcting他們其實是在「修正」一個根本不需要修正的字。

    All three (until, till, til) are used, all three are understood, and no one will you. Note also that 'til' can start a longer stretch: 'from Monday til Friday', 'we danced til morning'.

    All three (until, till, til) are useduntil、till、til這三種都有人用 all three are understood三種都聽得懂 and no one will misunderstand you不會有人誤會你的意思。Note also that 'til' can start a longer stretch另外要注意'til'可以用在比較長的時間段開頭 'from Monday til Friday', 'we danced til morning''from Monday til Friday'、'we danced til morning'。

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組成A shortened spelling of 'till'. 'Till' comes from Middle English til, from Old English til meaning 'to, until' — possibly reinforced by Old Norse til; both go back to a Germanic root meaning 'goal' or 'towards'. So the sense underneath it is arrival: you move towards a point, and there you stop.

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

tilconj詞源 1/tɪl/

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    until, till

tilprep詞源 1/tɪl/

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    until, till

    • I just don't know how to just come out in the blue and say it, so I just wait til it comes up...
    • Let him wander round and kids gone meddle him til he get to fighting again.

tilnoun詞源 2/tɪl/

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    Sesame (plant: Sesamum indicum)

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    Any of species Ocotea foetens in family Lauraceae, native to Madeira and the Canary Islands.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。