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。
• The thieves snatched the camera.
  窃贼偷走了相机。
• The alarm went off when the thieves went in.
  盗贼进去时，警铃作响。
• 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 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。
• 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 thieves fled, ramming the policeman's car
  小偷撞了警车后逃走了。
• The thieves forced the lock of the safe.
  强盗们用暴力把保险箱的锁撬开。
• The thieves must have deliberately triggered the alarm and hidden inside the house
  盗贼肯定是故意触发了报警器，然后躲在房子里。
• 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。