tear gas

英 [ˈtɪə ɡæs]

美 [ˈtɪr ɡæs]

n.  催泪瓦斯; 催泪性毒气

医学

牛津词典

noun

• 催泪瓦斯；催泪性毒气
  a gas that makes your eyes sting and fill with tears, used by the police or army to control crowds

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 催泪瓦斯
  Tear gasis a gas that causes your eyes to sting and fill with tears so that you cannot see. It is sometimes used by the police or army to control crowds.
  1. Police used tear gas to disperse the demonstrators.
     警察动用催泪瓦斯驱散示威人群。

英英释义

noun

• a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them
  Synonym:teargaslacrimatorlachrymator

双语例句

• Farmers threw eggs and empty bottles at police, who replied with tear gas
  农民向警察扔鸡蛋和空瓶子，警察则以***回击。
• Soldiers fired tear gas to disperse the crowds.
  士兵们发射***来驱散人群。
• And when they get too close, the police loose off a tear gas canister or two or three.
  当他们走近时，警察释放一个、或两个三个的催泪瓦斯。
• I saw the police using tear gas to try and break up a crowd of demonstrators.
  我看见警察正试图用***驱散一群示威者。
• They had been using rubber bullets and tear gas to try to drive people away.
  警方使用橡胶子弹和催泪瓦斯驱赶人群。
• But riot police armed with tear gas and water cannon stopped them.
  但因防暴警察动用了***和水枪而未果。
• Police used tear gas, but that just mode the situation worse.
  警察使用了催泪瓦斯，但那只是使情况变得更加糟糕。
• Using water cannons and tear gas, police repelled protesters outside the US embassy.
  警察使用水枪和催泪瓦斯驱散了美国大使馆外的抗议者。
• The police used tear gas to control the riot.
  为了控制骚乱，警察使用了催泪瓦斯。
• Police responded with tear gas, pepper spray and water cannon.
  警方发放***、胡椒喷雾和水炮。