thief
[θi:f]
n.贼, 小偷
例句与用法:
He's a thief and a liar; I'd have nothing to do with him, if I were you.
他又偷东西又说谎; 我要是你的话,就不跟他来往。
The thief slid into the room.
小偷溜进房间。
The police set a trap to catch the thief.
警察设下了捉拿窃贼的圈套。
The thief slipped away down a side street.
小偷悄悄从一条小马路溜走了。
The police worked out a plan to catch the thief.
警察制定出了策略捉贼。
He ran fast enough to catch the thief.
他跑得飞快,足以抓住那小偷。
The thief was confined in a prison.
窃贼被关押在监狱里。
The thief was caught red-handed.
小偷被当场抓住了。
词形变化:
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n.[C]
1. 贼, 小偷
The thief was caught in the act.
小偷当场被捕。
2. 【方】(引起淌蜡的)烛花
短语词组:
Set a thief to catch a thief.
1. 以贼捉贼。
thief
名词复数:thieves
词形变化:
名词复数: thieves |
词义辨析:
同义:
n.贼, 小偷
robber
pilferer
burglar
crook
同义参见:
bandit
brigand
gangster
criminal
thief[θi:f]n.1.■小偷,窃贼;盗窃犯2.■盗窃物3.■【化学】取样器,取样管 [亦作 thief tube]4.■[口语](蜡烛心结的)烛花5.■[英国方言]流氓All are not thieves that dogs bark at.[谚语]狗冲着吠叫的并非都是小偷。(as) thick as thieves[口语]十分亲密,交情极厚A thief passes for a gentleman when stealing has made him rich.[谚语]强盗发财充绅士。Little thieves are hanged but great ones escape.[谚语]窃钩者诛,盗国者侯。set a thief to catch a thief以贼捕贼;以毒攻毒Stop thief!捉贼!thieves' Latin[俚语](盗贼的)黑话;贼语莫名其妙的话When thieves fall out, honest men come by their own.[谚语]坏人内讧,好人得利。变形n.thieves
thiefthief[θi:f]n.(pl. thieves [θi:vz])1.■贼, 小偷; 偷窃犯2.■[口](容易使蜡外流的蜡烛心结的)烛花3.■(泥泵)取样, 取样器; 辅助阴极thief argot贼语thieves' Latin盗贼黑话thief knot平结thief rod采样枰thief sample泥泵取样the trick of a thief crying stop thief贼喊捉贼的伎俩Beware of thieves.谨防小偷。Procrastination is the thief of time.拖延就是浪费时间。
(pl. thieves )
- a person who steals another person's property, especially by stealth and without using force or violence
贼,小偷;偷窃犯
- Old English thīof, thēof, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dief and German Dieb, also to theft
thief
名词 thief:
a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
同义词:stealer
thief
■Once a thief, always a thief.
[谚]一次做贼,永远做贼。
■A thief stopped Mary on a dark street and made off with her wallet.
一个小贼在黑暗的街上拦住玛丽,把她的钱包拿走了。
■He is living a double life- a church warden by day and a thief by night.
他以前过着双重人格的生活--白天当教区委员、夜里当贼。
■They extradited the jewel thief from the island state.
他们把珠宝盗窃犯从那个岛国引渡回来。
■They looped a rope around the thief.
他们用绳子把那个贼捆了起来。
■He's a thief and a liar; I'd have nothing to do with him, if I were you.
他又偷东西又说谎; 我要是你的话,就不跟他来往。
■He incriminated the thief to the judge.
他向法官控告了那个偷窃的人。
■He hit the thief a thump on the head.
他在窃贼头上重击一拳。
■He has all the earmarks of being a thief.
他天生一副贼相。
■He got a gun and scared off the thief.
他拿起枪把贼吓跑了。
■He gave the thief a oner on the head.
他猛击那窃贼的头部。
■He whaled the thief with a rope.
他用绳索抽打窃贼。
■His enemies labelled him a thief.
他的敌人称他为贼。
■He collared the thief after a chase.
他追上那个贼,扭住了他的领口。
■Save a thief from gallows and he will help hang you.
你救盗匪下绞架,盗匪送你上绞架。
■If you relax your hold on the thief he will escape.
你若把那个窃贼抓得不紧,他会逃跑的。
■The detectives tied in the fingerprints on the man's gun with those found on the safe, so they knew that he was the thief.
侦探把这个人枪上的指纹与保险箱上的指纹联系起来,便知道他就是盗贼。
■He was always late on principle, his principle being that punctuality is the thief of time.
原则上他一向迟到,他的原则就是认为守候等于浪费时间。
■Procrastination is the thief of time.
因循拖延是时间的大敌; 拖延就是浪费时间。
■In some countries, the hands of a thief would be chopped off.
在有些国家,窃贼的手是要被砍断的。
■In the fight, the thief knocked out the policeman.
在格斗中,窃贼把警察打昏了。
■An earthquake comes like a thief in the night, without warning.
地震的到来犹如夜晚的窃贼,是不打招呼的。
■She made a stouter resistance than the thief had anticipated.
她的抵抗比强盗预料的要强。
■The shopkeeper struggled against the thief.
店主与那窃贼搏斗起来。
■A price of $1000 was set on the jewel thief's head.
悬赏1000美元抓住这个珠宝窃贼。
■We ran after the thief.
我们追赶窃贼。
■What measures shall we take to find out the thief?
我们采取什么措施抓住那个贼?
■A thief who preys on pedestrians.
拦路盗贼抢劫行人的盗贼
■After3 years in prison, the former thief decided to go straight, and took a job with a company.
昔日的窃贼坐了3年牢以后决定改过自新,并在一家公司干活。
■The posse are pursuing the thief.
武装队正追捕那贼。
■There is no clue to the identity of the thief.
没有确定窃贼身分的线索。
■The judge condemned the thief to one year of hard labor.
法官判这个贼服一年苦役。
■Dick was a habitual thief but he had covered his tracks too well to be convicted.
狄克是个惯偷,但他将罪证掩蔽得很好,结果没有被判罪。
■The loyal servant grappled with the thief, but he got away.
皇室仆人与窃贼打斗起来,但窃贼还是逃跑了。
■The thief was pinioned to a tree.
盗贼被绑在树上。
■The watchdog scared away the thief by barking.
看门狗大声吠叫吓走了窃贼。
■The thief absconded with all the jewellery.
窃贼偷走了全部珠宝。
■The thief made a confession in bits and pieces.
窃贼吞吞吐吐作了招供。
■The thief was apprehended (by the police) in the act of stealing a car.
窃贼在偷汽车时当场被(警察)抓住。
■Has the thief made a confession yet?
窃贼招供了吗?
■The thief rifled every drawer in the room.
窃贼洗劫了房内所有抽屉里的东西。
■The thief was caught in the toils of the law.
窃贼落入了法网。
■The thief was brought before the magistrate.
窃贼被带到地方法官前受审。
■The thief quickly slid behind the curtains.
窃贼迅速地溜到帷幕后面。
■The thief got clean away.
窃贼逃得无影无踪。
■The policeman tackled the thief.
警员扭获窃贼。
■The police worked out a plan to catch the thief.
警察制定出了策略捉贼。
■Police men surrounded the building, but the thief managed to slip through their fingers.
警察包围了大楼,便盗贼们设法从他们手底下溜走了。
■The police hustled the thief out of the house and into their van.
警察把那个窃贼推搡出房子又推进囚车里。
■The policeman trussed up the thief with ropes.
警察用绳子把贼捆起。
Set a thief to catch a thief.
1. 以贼捉贼。
习惯用语A thief passes for a gentleman when stealing has made him rich.1.■[谚]强盗发财充绅士。All are not -ves that dogs bark at.1.■[谚]被狗咬的不见得都是小偷。(as) thick as -ves1.■[口]非常亲密Little -ves are hanged, but great ones escape.1.■[谚]窃钩者诛, 窃国者侯。Set a thief to catch a thief.1.■[谚]以贼捕贼; 以毒攻毒。Stop thief!1.■捉贼!When -ves fall out, true [honest] men come by their own.1.■[谚]坏人内讧, 好人得利。特殊用法brass thief1.■黄铜 粉取样器oil thief1.■取油样器sampling thief1.■试料采样品