shoplifter

英 ['ʃɒplɪftə(r)]

美 ['ʃɒplɪftə(r)]

n.  （貌似在商店购物实则行窃的）商店窃贼

复数：shoplifters　

BNC.35303 / COCA.26918

柯林斯词典

• VERB 在商店行窃
  If someoneshoplifts, they steal goods from a shop by hiding them in a bag or in their clothes.
  1. He openly shoplifted from a supermarket...
     他公然在超市偷窃。
  2. They had shoplifted thousands of dollars' worth of merchandise.
     他们已经偷了商店价值好几千美元的商品。

英英释义

noun

• a thief who steals goods that are in a store
  Synonym:boosterlifter

双语例句

• A shoplifter was caught red-handed trying to steal a watch from a jewelry store.
  一个小偷在一家珠宝店企图偷走一只手表的时候被当场擒获。
• They'd rather marry a shoplifter or a blind person than someone who was fat.
  大学生们宁可娶或者嫁给商店的扒手或者盲人，也不愿意娶或者嫁给身材肥胖的人。
• The shoplifter stole hundreds of dollars worth of jewelry from the store.
  小偷从店里摸走了价值数百元的珠宝。
• The store detective was keeping a close eye on a suspected shoplifter.
  商店的保安当时正严密监视一个可疑的商店扒手。
• The store detective told the shoplifter that the game was up.
  该商店侦探告诉冒充顾客进商店行窃的扒手，他已被发现了。
• Listen, said the shoplifter, I know you don't want any trouble either.
  听着，小偷说，我知道你们也不想惹麻烦。
• Our shoplifter wasn't just browsing for rings.
  这个小偷其实不是在试戴戒指。