thief 英 [θi:f]   美 [θif]

thief

thief  英 [θi:f] 美 [θif]

n. 小偷,贼 

名词复数:thieves 

a car thief, a jewel thief 偷汽车、珠宝等的窃贼
The police ran down the thief in a restaurant. 警方在一个饭馆里抓到了这个小偷。

  • A thief is someone who steals something. A thief can be anything from a cyberspace criminal mastermind who steals credit card information around the world, to the petty thief who picks people's pockets on the subway.
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  • n. 小偷,贼
  • 1. a car thief, a jewel thief

    偷汽车、珠宝等的窃贼

  • 2. The police ran down the thief in a restaurant.

    警方在一个饭馆里抓到了这个小偷。

  • 3. The thief used a false identity.

    窃贼使用的是假身份。

  • thief (n.) Old English þeof "thief, robber," from Proto-Germanic *theubaz (source also of Old Frisian thiaf, Old Saxon thiof, Middle Dutch and Dutch dief, Old High German diob, German dieb, Old Norse þiofr, Gothic þiufs), of uncertain origin.
thief / θiːf ; NAmE θiːf / noun ( plural thieves / θiːvz ; NAmE θiːvz / ) a person who steals sth from another person or place 贼;小偷;窃贼 a car/jewel, etc. thief 偷汽车、珠宝等的窃贼 collocationsat crime see also theft IDIOMsee honour n. , thick adj. thief thieves thief / θiːf ; NAmE θiːf / thieves / θiːvz ; NAmE θiːvz /
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