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

• 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。
• 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 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。
• He ganged up with some thieves.
  他跟贼勾搭上了。
• Police in France are looking for two attractive female thieves who bared their breasts at a man at a cashpoint to distract him before stealing his money.
  法国警方目前正在缉捕两名美丽女贼，她们朝一名自动取款机前的男子露出自己的胸部以分散他的注意力，随后便将他卡里的钱偷走。
• The wall guards the place from thieves.
  围墙保护此地不受盗贼之扰。
• Thieves broke into the manor at night.
  小偷晚上闯进了庄园。
• 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。
• Two hours later the police caught all the thieves.
  两个小时以后，警察把小偷都捉住了。
• 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。