tilled

/tɪl/ (bre, ipa) · /tɪl/ (ame, ipa) · /tᵊl,  təl,  ˈtil How to pronounce till (audio)/ (ame, mw)

tilled — verb

  • tilledpresent simple I / you / we / they
  • tilleds3rd person singular
  • tilleding-ing form
  • tillededpast simple

1. the past tense and past participle of 'till', used when someone prepared soil or

1.動詞及物B2
釋義

the past tense and past participle of 'till', used when someone prepared soil or land earlier so crops could be grown there

例句

By April, the farmers had tilled the wet ground behind the barn.

had tilled + object for completed farm work

Valentina tilled the garden beds before her children planted onions.

tilled + object in the simple past

同義詞
  • plowed

    close farming verb, especially when the soil is turned with a plough

  • cultivated

    broader word for working land for crops, not only the moment of turning the soil

文法句型

tilled + object (soil, land, field, ground)

had tilled + object

be/have been tilled

用法筆記

Tilled is the regular past tense and past participle of 'till'. The object is usually land, soil, a field, or a garden bed; after have, has, or had, or in passive forms, it describes ground that has already been prepared.

常見錯誤

❌We tilled the seeds yesterday.
✅We tilled the soil yesterday before planting the seeds.
💡'till' applies to the ground, not directly to the seeds or crops.
❌They have till the field already.
✅They have tilled the field already.
💡after 'have', use the past participle 'tilled'.