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

• 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。
• 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 found himself in a den of thieves.
  他发现自己陷入了贼窝。
• Art thieves will often hide an important work for years after it has been stolen.
  艺术品盗贼偷走重要艺术品后常常会把它藏匿好几年。
• A police clampdown on car thieves hit a snag when villains stole one of their cars
  警方打击偷车贼的行动遭遇了一点小挫折：匪徒偷走了一辆警车。
• The wall guards the place from thieves.
  围墙保护此地不受盗贼之扰。
• The thieves cleared out the store.
  盗贼把那家商店洗劫一空。
• The police gave chase, but the thieves made away with the jewels.
  警察进行了追踪，但盗贼还是带着珠宝逃走了。
• Thieves carried off the farmer's sheep during the night.
  晚上，小偷把农民的羊掠走了。