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

• Thieves broke into the manor at night.
  小偷晚上闯进了庄园。
• 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。
• 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。
• Two hours later the police caught all the thieves.
  两个小时以后，警察把小偷都捉住了。
• 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。
• The thieves hid their plunder in the cave.
  贼把赃物藏在山洞里。
• 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 two thieves will appear at New Street Court tomorrow morning.
  那两名盗窃犯明日上午将在新街法院出庭受审。
• Thieves shinned up a drainpipe and forced open the window.
  窃贼沿一根水管爬上去撬开窗户。
• The thieves forced the lock of the safe.
  强盗们用暴力把保险箱的锁撬开。