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thief

英 [θiːf]

美 [θiːf]

n.  贼; 小偷; 窃贼

复数:thieves 

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同义词辨析

thiefbanditburglarpickpocketrobber【导航词义:盗贼,强盗】

thiefn. 小偷
〔辨析〕
普通用词,通常专指盗窃者,即常说的贼。
〔例证〕
The thief was caught in the act.
小偷当场被抓。
Our watchdog scared the thief away.
我们的看门狗把小偷吓走了。
The thief was caught in the toils of the law.
窃贼落入了法网。
banditn. 强盗,土匪;歹徒
〔辨析〕
指结帮成伙、出没于乡间或山林地区使用恐吓或暴力抢劫的人,现尤指袭击旅行者的歹徒。
〔例证〕
This village used to be infested with bandits.
帮匪过去常来骚扰这个村子。
On her way home, a masked bandit suddenly rushed to her and robbed her of all her possessions.
她回家的路上,有一个蒙面强盗突然向她冲过去,抢走了她的全部东西。
The bandit said he would kill the girl if she moved a muscle.
歹徒对姑娘说,如果她动一下就把她杀死。
burglarn. 窃贼,夜贼
〔辨析〕
指入夜后破门或撬窗行窃的人。
〔例证〕
The burglar got into the house through the kitchen window.
窃贼是从厨房的窗户潜入这所房子的。
The burglar broke in and stole my money.
夜贼破门而入,偷了我的钱。
The detective soon got on the trail of the burglar.
侦探很快就发现了窃贼的踪迹。
pickpocketn. 扒手
〔辨析〕
尤指在人多拥挤之处从人们口袋、手提包里偷东西的小偷。
〔例证〕
Beware of pickpockets!
谨防扒手!
The man in grey on the bus is a pickpocket.
公交车上穿灰衣服的那个人是个三只手。
The pickpocket stole my purse in the subway.
扒手在地铁里偷走了我的钱包。
robbern. 强盗,盗贼
〔辨析〕
多指用暴力、威胁等手段强行抢夺他人财物的人。
〔例证〕
The robber made her open the safe at gunpoint.
那强盗用枪逼着她打开保险箱。
The robber is wanted by the police.
警方在通缉那个盗贼。
The robbers killed the man and took his money.
强盗们打死了那个人并拿走了他的钱。

习惯用语

    n.

      牛津词典

        noun

        • 贼;小偷;窃贼
          a person who steals sth from another person or place
          1. a car/jewel, etc. thief
            偷汽车、珠宝等的窃贼

        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。

        英英释义

        noun

        • a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
            Synonym:stealer

          双语例句

          • The thief got clean away with the money
            那个贼拿着钱逃之夭夭了。
          • The thief was tailed by a policeman.
            贼被警察钉住了。
          • They always take habitual tactics of standing facts on their heads and of a thief crying “ stop thief ”.
            他们经常使用颠倒是非、贼喊捉贼的伎俩。
          • The thief expressed penitence for all his past actions.
            那盗贼对他犯过的一切罪恶表示忏悔。
          • Obviously the thief had simply walked out this way as bold as brass.
            显然贼人是从这里大摇大摆出去的。
          • The police pounced upon the thief.
            警察向小偷扑了过去。
          • To set a thief to catch a thief, that is what we call “ to counteract one toxin with another ”.
            叫小偷去抓小偷,这就叫“以毒攻毒”。
          • The thief abstracted a wallet from his pocket.
            小偷从他的口袋中扒走了皮夹。
          • The thief entered by the window.; The thief came in through the window.
            小偷是从窗户进来的。
          • The thief hit him a thump on the head.
            贼在他的头上重击一下。