- 1nB1
/θiːf/
someone who takes things that belong to another person or place, without asking and without paying — usually quietly, rather than by people.
小偷；竊賊
複數 thieves
核心畫面
You can picture a thief as the person who takes what is not theirs while nobody is looking: a hand slipping into a bag on a crowded train, a window quietly opened at night. The word carries the idea of quietness — a thief works by not being noticed. Someone who takes things by pointing a weapon and people is usually called a instead; the thief's method is stealth, not threat.
可以想成：趁沒人注意時把別人的東西拿走的那個人——在擁擠的車廂裡伸進包包的那隻手，或半夜被悄悄推開的窗。這個字本身帶…更多收起
可以想成：趁沒人注意時把別人的東西拿走的那個人——在擁擠的車廂裡伸進包包的那隻手，或半夜被悄悄推開的窗。這個字本身帶著「安靜」的感覺：小偷靠的是不被發現。如果是拿刀拿槍、當面嚇住人再搶走，英語通常用 robber；thief 的手法是躲著來，不是威脅。原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
thiefnoun/ˈθiːf/
- 1
One who carries out a theft.
- water-thieves and land-thieves
- 2
One who steals another person's property, especially by stealth and without using force or violence.
- Take heed to false harlots, and more, ye wot what. / If noise ye heare, / Looke all be cleare: / Least drabs doe noie thee, / And theeues destroie thee.
- 3
obsoleteA waster in the snuff of a candle.
- But hear you, my Worthy Brethren: do not you, where you see a thief in the candle, call presently for an extinguisher[…]
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。