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

• Two hours later the police caught all the thieves.
  两个小时以后，警察把小偷都捉住了。
• Thieves shinned up a drainpipe and forced open the window.
  窃贼沿一根水管爬上去撬开窗户。
• The thieves got away from the jeweler's with a good haul.
  那些贼偷了大批珠宝后逃离了珠宝商店。
• He ganged up with some thieves.
  他跟贼勾搭上了。
• He found himself in a den of thieves.
  他发现自己陷入了贼窝。
• I have one lock but I bought another as an additional insurance against thieves.
  我有一把锁，但我又买了一把作为附加的防盗保障。
• The thieves fled, ramming the policeman's car
  小偷撞了警车后逃走了。
• 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。
• The thieves forced the lock of the safe.
  强盗们用暴力把保险箱的锁撬开。
• Thieves broke into the manor at night.
  小偷晚上闯进了庄园。