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 thieves hid their plunder in the cave.
  贼把赃物藏在山洞里。
• The thieves cleared out the store.
  盗贼把那家商店洗劫一空。
• Unknown thieves had forced their way into the apartment
  不知名的窃贼破门闯入了公寓。
• 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。
• 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。
• He ganged up with some thieves.
  他跟贼勾搭上了。
• The thieves cut a hole in the fence
  盗贼在篱笆上割了个洞。
• Some thieves have eaten off their irons with mercury water.
  有些窃贼用汞水腐蚀他们的镣铐。
• 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。