thieves

英 [θiːvz]

美 [θivz]

n.  贼; 小偷; 窃贼
thief的复数; thieve的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 小偷;窃贼
  Athiefis a person who steals something from another person.
  1. The thieves snatched the camera.
     窃贼偷走了相机。
  2. ...car thieves.
     偷车贼

Anyone who steals can be called athief.A robberoften uses violence or the threat of violence to steal things from places such as banks or shops. Aburglarbreaks into houses or other buildings and steals things.
凡是偷东西的人都可以称作 thief。robber 常常使用暴力或威胁使用暴力从银行、商店等处抢劫。burglar 指闯入住户或其他建筑偷窃的盗贼。

双语例句

• Art thieves will often hide an important work for years after it has been stolen.
  艺术品盗贼偷走重要艺术品后常常会把它藏匿好几年。
• He found himself in a den of thieves.
  他发现自己陷入了贼窝。
• Thieves shinned up a drainpipe and forced open the window.
  窃贼沿一根水管爬上去撬开窗户。
• Thieves broke into the manor at night.
  小偷晚上闯进了庄园。
• Some thieves have eaten off their irons with mercury water.
  有些窃贼用汞水腐蚀他们的镣铐。
• The police gave chase, but the thieves made away with the jewels.
  警察进行了追踪，但盗贼还是带着珠宝逃走了。
• A team of officers is trawling through the records of thousands of petty thieves
  一组警员正在翻查数以千计的小偷小摸者的犯罪记录。
• Police in France are looking for two attractive female thieves who bared their breasts at a man at a cashpoint to distract him before stealing his money.
  法国警方目前正在缉捕两名美丽女贼，她们朝一名自动取款机前的男子露出自己的胸部以分散他的注意力，随后便将他卡里的钱偷走。
• He fell among thieves and was stripped.
  他遇到窃贼，所有东西都被抢走。
• The thieves are often armed and in some cases have killed for their plunder.
  这些小偷常携带凶器，有时会为赃物杀人。