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

• 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。
• The two thieves will appear at New Street Court tomorrow morning.
  那两名盗窃犯明日上午将在新街法院出庭受审。
• 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 carried off the farmer's sheep during the night.
  晚上，小偷把农民的羊掠走了。
• 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。
• The thieves hid their plunder in the cave.
  贼把赃物藏在山洞里。
• The alarm went off when the thieves went in.
  盗贼进去时，警铃作响。
• The thieves forced the lock of the safe.
  强盗们用暴力把保险箱的锁撬开。
• He fell among thieves and was stripped.
  他遇到窃贼，所有东西都被抢走。
• The thieves cleared out the store.
  盗贼把那家商店洗劫一空。