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

• 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 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。
• 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。
• He ganged up with some thieves.
  他跟贼勾搭上了。
• 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 fell among thieves and was stripped.
  他遇到窃贼，所有东西都被抢走。
• 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。
• Thieves broke into the manor at night.
  小偷晚上闯进了庄园。
• The thieves fled, ramming the policeman's car
  小偷撞了警车后逃走了。