【until音标】 英[ənˈtɪl] 美[ənˈtɪl]
【单词释义】 until是什么意思：
prep.到…为止；在…以前
conj.到…为止，在…以前；直到…才
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
【单词例句】
◇ Out came cloth as fine as gossamer that continued to unroll until the throne room was covered with it.
国王打开核桃，从里面取出了一球细线，细得像蜘蛛网一样，国王拽呀拽，拉呀拉，越拉越长，拉出来的线堆满了整个大殿。
---- The Prince Who Married a Frog
◇ A miller fell slowly but surely into poverty, until finally he had nothing more than his mill and a large apple tree which stood behind it.
从前有位磨房主，他越来越穷，除了磨房后有棵大大的苹果树外一无所有。
---- The Girl without Hands (I)
◇ When the king read this letter he was frightened and saddened, but nevertheless he wrote an answer that they should take good care of the queen until his return.
国王收到信后十分震惊，而且百思不得其解。他回信要大家仍悉心照料王后，一切等他回来再说。
---- The Girl without Hands (II)
◇ She had neither rest nor peace until she secretly set forth and went out into the wide world, hoping to find her brothers and to set them free, whatever it might cost.
有一天，她从家里偷偷地跑了出去，来到外面广阔的世界，到处寻访自己的哥哥。她想：无论他们到了甚么地方，她不惜自己的生命，也要让他们恢复本来面目，获得做人的自由！
---- The Seven Ravens
◇ Not until near the end of the nineteenth century did inventors achieve the delicate balance of insulation and circulation needed for an efficient icebox.
直到近19世纪末，发明家们才成功地找到有效率的冰箱所需要的精确的隔热和循环的精确平衡。
---- The Origin of Refrigerators
◇ The next night my dream is similar to the previous nights, but without the hunter. I fly free until I meet another bird who flies with me in perfect harmony.
到了第二天晚上，我仍然做了类似的梦，但是猎人不见了，我一直在自由地飞翔，直到遇上另外一只小鸟和我比翼双飞。
---- A Little Piece of Me
◇ I watched their process of decision making,both prayerful in the face of death. My mother wanting to live,wanting to try,the churning and turning until there was peace.
母亲要拼搏，渴望活下去。父亲踌躇不决，思前想后，翻来覆去，直到内心平静。我目睹了他们做决定的始末以及他们面对死亡的祈祷。
---- To Love Enough
◇ Gamma-ray bursts cannot be seen by the human eye but if they could the sky would light up like a camera flash each time they occurred.They are by far the most energetic events in the universe and,until now,have remained largely a mystery.
伽马星系的放射人类用肉眼是看不见的，除非每次爆炸发生时天空都能像照相机闪光灯那么亮。到现在为止，包括现在宇宙中发生的事件仍然是个很大的迷。
---- The Big Bang
◇ The patient was admitted to hospital where he was fed by a tube and given intravenous antibiotics until the swelling and pain had subsided.
这位病人在入院后，用管子进食并被静脉注射抗生素，直到肿胀和疼痛消退。
---- Don't hold in a sneeze, It could be the death of you
◇ Until the seventeenth century, Orthodox couples normally wore their rings on the right hand (an extremity that's associated with strength) and most Europeans of all faiths followed suit.
一直到17世纪，东正教夫妇们通常都将戒指戴在右手上（和力量有关的一种极端做法），多数欧洲人（无论是什么信仰）都效仿了这种做法。