a person who enters a building illegally in order to steal 破门盗贼;入室窃贼 Burglars broke into the gallery and stole dozens of priceless paintings. 窃贼破门进入美术馆,偷走了很多幅极珍贵的画作。
Extra ExamplesTopics Crime and punishmentb1Burglars had already struck twice that week in their street. 那个星期盗贼已两次光顾了他们那条街。 Police are hunting burglars who stole property worth £3 500. 警方正在追捕一个盗窃了价值 3,500 英镑财物的盗贼。 The burglar had broken in through a window. 盗贼从窗户闯入。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- professional
- cat
- suspected
- …
- catch
- hunt
- break in
- steal something
- strike
- …
- alarm
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from legal French burgler or Anglo-Latin burgulator, burglator; related to Old French burgier ‘pillage’.