thief[θi:f]

• n.
  • 小偷，窃贼；盗窃犯
  • 盗窃物
  • 【化学】取样器，取样管 [亦作 thief tube]
  • [口语](蜡烛心结的)烛花
  • [英国方言]流氓
• 短语:
  • All are not thieves that dogs bark at. [谚语]狗冲着吠叫的并非都是小偷。
  • (as) thick as thieves [口语]十分亲密，交情极厚
  • A thief passes for a gentleman when stealing has made him rich. [谚语]强盗发财充绅士。
  • Little thieves are hanged but great ones escape. [谚语]窃钩者诛，盗国者侯。
  • set a thief to catch a thief 以贼捕贼；以毒攻毒
  • Stop thief! 捉贼!
  • thieves' Latin
    • [俚语]
    • (盗贼的)黑话；贼语
    • 莫名其妙的话
  • When thieves fall out, honest men come by their own. [谚语]坏人内讧，好人得利。
• 变形:

  n.thieves