I waited till he came near, then I asked him the way to our old village.
等他走近了，問他去老家的路。
新概念英語第三冊
Lesson 57 Back in the old country
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
n. 村民;鄉村，村莊;群落;
?? vill=villa茅房，別墅+age場所，物品 →村莊
"The road continues beyond the village up into the hills."
那條路經過村子后又往上延伸到群山中。
近義：town, townlet, borough, locality, hamlet, peasant
反義：settlement, town, burg, municipal, urban, city
till
[til]
conj. 直到…時（為止）;在…之前;
vt. 耕種;耕作;
n. 錢柜，錢箱;放錢的抽屜;[地]冰磧土（物）;
prep. 直到;
"There was music and dancing till two in the morning."
音樂和舞蹈一直持續到凌晨兩點。
近義：plough, plow, toil, drawer, to, until
adv. （空間）在近處;在附近;（時間）臨近;（程度）幾乎;
prep. （表示程度）接近;（表示位置）靠近;（表示時間）將近;接近于（某種狀態）;
adj. 近的;親密的;近似;（親屬關系）近親;
"Police found fragments of glass near the scene."
警方在現場附近發現了玻璃碎片。
近義：approach, approximate, hither, hithermost, immediate, approximal
反義：isolated, outlying, remote, retired, secluded, separate