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

• The wall guards the place from thieves.
  围墙保护此地不受盗贼之扰。
• Two hours later the police caught all the thieves.
  两个小时以后，警察把小偷都捉住了。
• 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 police clampdown on car thieves hit a snag when villains stole one of their cars
  警方打击偷车贼的行动遭遇了一点小挫折：匪徒偷走了一辆警车。
• 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。
• The thieves hid their plunder in the cave.
  贼把赃物藏在山洞里。
• 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。
• He returned from hospital to find thieves had ransacked his home.
  他从医院回来，发现家里被小偷洗劫一空。
• Unknown thieves had forced their way into the apartment
  不知名的窃贼破门闯入了公寓。
• Thieves carried off the farmer's sheep during the night.
  晚上，小偷把农民的羊掠走了。