英语词汇thief的翻译、用法及例句-MX2U.com英汉词典

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。

See also: theft

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 thiefidiom 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 nightidiom 秘密地；出乎意料地

secretly or unexpectedly and without being seen

词汇	thief
释义	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。 See also: theft 更多例句 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 thiefidiom 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 nightidiom 秘密地；出乎意料地 secretly or unexpectedly and without being seen
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