thief

英 [θiːf] 美 [θiːf]

• n. 贼；小偷

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]贼,小偷,盗贼

   a person who steals, especially without using violence

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 小偷
2. 窃贼
3. <方>烛花
4. 强盗
5. 强人
6. 取样器
7. 抽奶样管
8. 盗贼（尤指窃贼、偷窃犯）

英英释义

Noun:

1. a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. His enemies labelled him a thief.
   他的敌人称他为贼。
2. The thief was confined in a prison.
   窃贼被关押在监狱里。
3. The police set a trap to catch the thief.
   警察设下了捉拿窃贼的圈套。
4. The thief was caught red-handed.
   小偷被当场抓住了。
5. He ran fast enough to catch the thief.
   他跑得飞快，足以抓住那小偷。
6. The thief slid into the room.
   小偷溜进房间。
7. The thief slipped away down a side street.
   小偷悄悄从一条小马路溜走了。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. A thief stole her purse.
   小偷偷走了她的钱包。
2. The thief made a swift exit.
   那小偷逃了出去。
3. The notorious thief was sent to prison for his many crimes.
   这罪恶昭彰的窃贼因多次犯罪而被送进监狱。
4. I turned the thief over to the guards at the building.
   我把小偷交给了大楼警卫。
5. The thief was closely tracked by the policeman.
   那窃贼被警察严密地跟踪着。
6. The thief took out a gun and forced the owner to give him the jewels.
   盗贼掏出枪,逼着主人交出珠宝。
7. They were unable to find any trace of the thief.
   他们找不到那个小偷的任何踪迹。
8. Was the judge too severe on the thief?
   这个法官是不是对小偷太严厉了?
9. It takes a thief to know a thief.
   只有贼才了解贼。

经典引文

• Now that securities are..in a computer's memory, thieves go after the passwords.

  出自： C. Stoll

• A thief could enter the VW in five seconds.

  出自：Which?

• The moon is a thief: he steals his..light from the sun.

  出自： fig.

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• arrest a thief 捉住小偷
• beat a thief 打小偷
• catch a thief 抓住小偷〔盗贼〕
• chase a thief 追踪小偷〔盗贼〕
• sentence a thief 判处盗贼
• stop a thief 抓贼
• trace a thief 跟踪盗贼

形容词+～

• habitual thief 惯偷
• petty thief 小偷
• unusual thief 非同一般的小偷

名词+～

• car thief 偷车贼
• jewel thief 盗珠宝贼

介词+～

• a gang of thieves 一伙贼

～+介词

• thief on the road 拦路贼

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. thief的基本意思是“贼,小偷,盗贼”,指趁人不在场或不防备时盗取财物的人,尤指不采用暴力的盗贼。
2. thief的复数形式为thieves。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

thief, bandit, burglar, gangster, pickpocket, pirate, robber

• 这组词的共同意思是指非法占有他人财物的人。其区别是：
• bandit指成帮结伙占据山林的强盗、土匪，主要抢劫过路行人，也可指在乡间走村串户行窃的贼；burglar指溜门撬锁入室行窃的贼，多夜间作案；gangster主要指犯罪团伙的成员，尤指持械抢劫的歹徒；pickpocket指从人身上扒窃财物的小偷;pirate指有组织的海盗，一般备有快速船只；robber指用威吓、暴力强取他人财物者；thief泛指小偷，即不公开地、非暴力地暗中行窃，一般不与被盗事主发生正面冲突。

robber，thief，burglar，bandit，gangster，pirate

• 这些名词均有“资贼、强盗”之意。
• robber指以暴力或威胁等手段强行夺取他人财物的人。
• thief普通用词含义广泛，一般专指盗窍者。
• burglar指夜间撬窗破门行窃的人。
• bandit指在乡间或小林地区结帮活动，使用恐吓或暴力行窃的人。现指有组织或单独进行抢窃的盗匪。
• gangster指结伙进行各种非法活动的武装歹徒。
• pirate指海盗。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的theof，意为贼。

近反义词

【近义词】

• burglar
• criminal
• robber