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

• He found himself in a den of thieves.
  他发现自己陷入了贼窝。
• 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。
• Thieves carried off the farmer's sheep during the night.
  晚上，小偷把农民的羊掠走了。
• Two hours later the police caught all the thieves.
  两个小时以后，警察把小偷都捉住了。
• Thieves broke into the manor at night.
  小偷晚上闯进了庄园。
• He fell among thieves and was stripped.
  他遇到窃贼，所有东西都被抢走。
• The thieves fled, ramming the policeman's car
  小偷撞了警车后逃走了。
• 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。
• 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。
• The alarm went off when the thieves went in.
  盗贼进去时，警铃作响。