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 fled, ramming the policeman's car
  小偷撞了警车后逃走了。
• The wall guards the place from thieves.
  围墙保护此地不受盗贼之扰。
• He ganged up with some thieves.
  他跟贼勾搭上了。
• Unknown thieves had forced their way into the apartment
  不知名的窃贼破门闯入了公寓。
• He returned from hospital to find thieves had ransacked his home.
  他从医院回来，发现家里被小偷洗劫一空。
• 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。
• Two hours later the police caught all the thieves.
  两个小时以后，警察把小偷都捉住了。
• 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。
• He fell among thieves and was stripped.
  他遇到窃贼，所有东西都被抢走。
• Thieves carried off the farmer's sheep during the night.
  晚上，小偷把农民的羊掠走了。