burglar
noun /ˈbɜːɡlə(r)/
/ˈbɜːrɡlər/
- 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。
Topics Crime and punishmentb1- Burglars 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。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- professional
- cat
- suspected
- …
- catch
- hunt
- break in
- steal something
- strike
- …
- alarm
词源mid 16th cent.: from legal French burgler or Anglo-Latin burgulator, burglator; related to Old French burgier ‘pillage’. - Burglars broke into the gallery and stole dozens of priceless paintings.