thief
要点泥棒
意味
- 泥棒,(特に)こそどろ,空き巣
例文
A thief broke into the house to steal the money.
強盗が金を盗みにその家に押し入った。
A thief broke into the house while we were away.
私たちの留守中、泥棒が家に押し入った。
The thief was marched off to the police station.
泥棒は警察署に連行された。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English thef, theef, þef, from Old English þēof, from Proto-West Germanic *þeub, from Proto-Germanic *þeubaz. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Tjoof (“thief”), West Frisian tsjeaf (“thief”), Dutch dief (“thief”), Low German Deef, Deev (“thief”), German Dieb (“thief”), Danish tyv (“thief”), Swedish tjuv (“thief”), Icelandic þjófur (“thief”).