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。
• Some thieves do not even bother to melt down stolen silver for its scrap value.
  有的小偷懒得为了一点蝇头小利去费劲把偷来的银器熔掉。
• The thieves cleared out the store.
  盗贼把那家商店洗劫一空。
• Thieves ransacked the office, taking a sack of loose change
  窃贼洗劫了办公室，拿走了一口袋散币。
• 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 forced the lock of the safe.
  强盗们用暴力把保险箱的锁撬开。
• The thieves hid their plunder in the cave.
  贼把赃物藏在山洞里。
• Thieves broke into the manor at night.
  小偷晚上闯进了庄园。
• The thieves cut a hole in the fence
  盗贼在篱笆上割了个洞。
• The thieves snatched the camera.
  窃贼偷走了相机。