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thief n.贼；小偷 (1) 他的敌人称他为贼。(2) 窃贼被关押在监狱里。(3) 警察设下了捉拿窃贼的圈套。(4) 小偷被当场抓住了。(5) 他跑得飞快，足以抓住那小偷。(6) 小偷溜进房间。(7) 小偷悄悄从一条小马路溜走了。 Some famous thieves (notice the -v- in the plural) include outlaws of the Old West, like Butch Cassidy and Jesse James, and those notorious bank robbers of the 1930s with the memorable names — "Baby Face" Nelson, "Pretty Boy" Floyd, Bonnie and Clyde, Ma Barker, "Machine Gun" Kelly, to name a few. They were so bold (and so brutal) that their activities became a major impetus for the beefing up of the FBI, under J. Edgar Hoover.

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英 [θiːf] 美 [θiːf] (1) His enemies labelled him a thief.(2) The thief was confined in a prison.(3) The police set a trap to catch the thief.(4) The thief was caught red-handed.(5) He ran fast enough to catch the thief.(6) The thief slid into the room.(7) The thief slipped away down a side street. 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. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]小偷；窃贼 A thief is a person who steals something from another person. The thieves snatched the camera.窃贼偷走了相机。...car thieves.偷车贼Usage Note :Anyone who steals can be called a thief. A robber often uses violence or the threat of violence to steal things from places such as banks or shops. A burglar breaks into houses or other buildings and steals things.凡是偷东西的人都可以称作 thief。robber 常常使用暴力或威胁使用暴力从银行、商店等处抢劫。burglar 指闯入住户或其他建筑偷窃的盗贼。

英语单词	thief
英美音标	英 [θiːf] 美 [θiːf]
中文释义	n.贼；小偷
英语例句	(1) His enemies labelled him a thief. (2) The thief was confined in a prison. (3) The police set a trap to catch the thief. (4) The thief was caught red-handed. (5) He ran fast enough to catch the thief. (6) The thief slid into the room. (7) The thief slipped away down a side street.
中文例句	(1) 他的敌人称他为贼。 (2) 窃贼被关押在监狱里。 (3) 警察设下了捉拿窃贼的圈套。 (4) 小偷被当场抓住了。 (5) 他跑得飞快，足以抓住那小偷。 (6) 小偷溜进房间。 (7) 小偷悄悄从一条小马路溜走了。
vocabulary简明	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.
vocabulary扩展	Some famous thieves (notice the -v- in the plural) include outlaws of the Old West, like Butch Cassidy and Jesse James, and those notorious bank robbers of the 1930s with the memorable names — "Baby Face" Nelson, "Pretty Boy" Floyd, Bonnie and Clyde, Ma Barker, "Machine Gun" Kelly, to name a few. They were so bold (and so brutal) that their activities became a major impetus for the beefing up of the FBI, under J. Edgar Hoover.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]小偷；窃贼 A thief is a person who steals something from another person. The thieves snatched the camera. 窃贼偷走了相机。 ...car thieves. 偷车贼 Usage Note : Anyone who steals can be called a thief. A robber often uses violence or the threat of violence to steal things from places such as banks or shops. A burglar breaks into houses or other buildings and steals things. 凡是偷东西的人都可以称作 thief。robber 常常使用暴力或威胁使用暴力从银行、商店等处抢劫。burglar 指闯入住户或其他建筑偷窃的盗贼。

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