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

• 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 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。
• 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 hid their plunder in the cave.
  贼把赃物藏在山洞里。
• 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。
• The thieves fled, ramming the policeman's car
  小偷撞了警车后逃走了。
• 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 forced the lock of the safe.
  强盗们用暴力把保险箱的锁撬开。