water cannon

英 [ˈwɔːtə kænən]

美 [ˈwɔːtər kænən]

n.  水炮(警方用以驱散人群)

牛津词典

noun

• 水炮（警方用以驱散人群）
  a machine that produces a powerful flow of water, used by the police to control crowds of people

柯林斯词典

• (警察用于驱散人群的)高压水枪，水炮
  Awater cannonis a machine which shoots out a large, powerful stream of water. It is used by police to break up crowds of people who are protesting or fighting.

英英释义

noun

• a hose (carried on a truck) that fires water under high pressure to disperse crowds (especially crowds of rioters)
  Synonym:watercannon

双语例句

• Test the altitude of gun 、 firing range and water amount of fire fighting squirt and water cannon.
  试验消防水枪及水炮的射高、射程及水量。
• But hundreds of people stage protests in Paris and in other cities and riot police use tear gas and water cannon to disperse the crowds.
  但在巴黎和其他城市数百人举行抗议活动，防暴警察使用***和救火水炮车驱散人群。
• NHK, the Japanese state broadcaster, broadcast footage of Japanese coast guards using water cannon against Taiwanese fishing boats and said Taiwanese patrol boats had responded by spraying water toward the Japanese vessels.
  日本公共广播机构日本广播协会（nhk）播出了海上保安厅巡视船用高压水枪对付台湾渔船的画面，并称，台湾方面的巡逻船也对日方喷水回击。
• 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。
• The police are already authorised to use baton rounds, and we agreed at Cobra that while they are not currently needed, we now have in place contingency plans for water cannon to be available at 24 hours 'notice, he said.
  警方已获得使用橡胶子弹的授权，还有，尽管我们在Cobra会议上同意目前还没有必要，但我们已制定了应急计划，可以在提前24小时通知后使用高压水枪。
• When an erosive material catches fire, it should be put out with water cannon.
  腐蚀品着火时，可用水柱直接喷射扑救。
• This paper introduces the high-altitude spray, the high-altitude water cannon and the remote-control fire-fighting cannon respectively in a project example and the merits and defects of the three fire-fighting systems are analyzed.
  结合工程实例，分别介绍了高空喷淋，高空水炮，远控消防炮在该工程的运用情况，分析了这三种消防系统的优缺点。
• Police responded with tear gas, pepper spray and water cannon.
  警方发放***、胡椒喷雾和水炮。
• A flamethrower or water cannon, however, will cost you extra.
  要是多花点钱还能配备***和水炮。
• Water cannon are set to join the operation on the ground and it is hoped electricity will be restored soon.
  在地面上，（日方）设立了水枪来配合这次行动，并且期望电力供给能够在短期内恢复。