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

• Thieves ransacked the office, taking a sack of loose change
  窃贼洗劫了办公室，拿走了一口袋散币。
• 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。
• Some thieves do not even bother to melt down stolen silver for its scrap value.
  有的小偷懒得为了一点蝇头小利去费劲把偷来的银器熔掉。
• 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。
• He ganged up with some thieves.
  他跟贼勾搭上了。
• The alarm went off when the thieves went in.
  盗贼进去时，警铃作响。
• 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。
• 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 forced the lock of the safe.
  强盗们用暴力把保险箱的锁撬开。