Word · CEFR A2 · Frequency #3965
thief
小偷；窃贼；盗贼
核心释义
a person who steals another person's property, especially by stealth and without force or violence
- 1.
One who carries out a theft.
- 2.
窃取他人财物并意图占为己有或出售的罪犯
a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
- 3.
One who steals another person's property, especially by stealth and without using force or violence.
窃取他人财物并意图占为己有或出售的罪犯；小偷；贼；[化] 取样
用法In use
A thief broke into our car last night and stole the radio.
用法提示：thief 是名词，作主语，指偷东西的人。
The police caught the thieves who had been stealing bicycles in the park.
用法提示：thieves 是 thief 的复数形式，作宾语，指多个窃贼。
The thief must have entered through the kitchen window.
用法提示：thief 是名词，前面有定冠词，特指那个小偷。
the thief stole sth
The thief stole a wallet from the store.
小偷从商店偷了一个钱包。
catch a thief
The police managed to catch the thief.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- petty thief
- 小偷小摸的人
- The police arrested a petty thief who had been stealing from shops.警察逮捕了一个一直在商店偷东西的小偷。
- car thief
- 偷车贼
- A car thief was caught trying to steal a luxury vehicle.一名偷车贼在试图偷一辆豪华车时被抓获。
- jewel thief
- 珠宝窃贼
- The jewel thief managed to bypass the museum's security system.珠宝窃贼成功绕过了博物馆的安保系统。
- catch a thief
- 抓住小偷
- Neighbors joined forces to catch the thief who had been breaking into cars.邻居们合力抓住了一个一直撬车的小偷。
- thief in the night
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
thief 读音类似“西服”，想象小偷偷了一件西服，记住这个画面。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、新闻报道、法律文书 ‘thief’通常为中性词，适用于各种正式与非正式场合。
语法说明Grammar Note
可数名词，常用搭配：a thief（一个小偷）；复数形式：thieves。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words have the /iːf/ sound at the end, rhyming with 'thief'. Note that chief, brief, and grief are one syllable; relief and belief are two syllables with stress on the second syllable.
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
用法优先级
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.