英语单词:thief

意思翻译

thief

noun [ C ] uk/θiːf/ us/θiːf/ thieves

B1 小偷，贼

a person who steals

The art gallery was broken into last night, and the thieves got away with two valuable paintings. 艺术馆昨晚遭入室盗窃，被偷走了两幅珍贵的画。

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The thief had disturbed the documents in her filing cabinet, but nothing had been taken.

The diamond thief double-crossed his partners and gave them only worthless fake jewels.

It's said that a barking dog puts off the opportunist thief.

The police believe he is the thief, but all the evidence suggests otherwise .

The thief broke into the office while his accomplice stalled off the security guard.

Idioms

it takes a thief to catch a thief saying 以贼捕贼；以毒攻毒。

used to mean that one dishonest person can guess what another dishonest person might do

like a thief in the night秘密地；出乎意料地

secretly or unexpectedly and without being seen