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