thieve
英 [θiːv]
美
- vi. 做贼
- vt. 偷窃，行窃
词态变化
第三人称单数: thieves;过去式: thieved;过去分词: thieved;现在分词: thieving;
中文词源
thieve 偷窃
来自古英语 theofian,去偷，偷窃，来自 theof,小偷，即 thief 的古英语拼写形式。
英英释意
- 1. take by theft;
- "Someone snitched my wallet!"
英文词源
- thieve (v.)
- Old English þeofian "to thieve, steal," from þeof (see thief). Rare in Old English, rarer in Middle English, not common until 17c.; perhaps the modern word is a late 16c. re-formation. Thieving (adj.) first attested 1520s.
考试真题
- Just because some students have stolen things in shops, all of us are treated like thieves.
出自-2010年12月听力原文
- We were not only assumed to be thieves, but brilliant, greedy thieves
出自-2010年12月听力原文