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

• Police used rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse protestors.
  警察用橡皮子弹与催泪瓦斯驱散抗议者。
• The initial cloud of tear gas had hardly cleared before shots were fired.
  最初的催泪瓦斯的烟雾刚刚驱散，射击又开始了。
• Riot police hurled tear gas canisters and smoke bombs into the crowd.
  防暴警察向人群中投掷了催泪瓦斯罐和烟幕弹。
• Then I watched as they moved in with water cannon and tear gas.
  后来我看到他们使用水炮和催泪弹进行干预。
• 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，防暴警察使用催泪弹和救火水炮车驱散人群。
• They used tear gas and fire hoses to disperse the crowd.
  他们用催泪瓦斯和消防喉，以驱散人群。
• But riot police armed with tear gas and water cannon stopped them.
  但因防暴警察动用了催泪弹和水枪而未果。
• The standoff came Thursday when Israeli security forces went into the house, using batons and tear gas.
  星期四，以色列安全部队进入这座房子，使用了警棍和催泪瓦斯，对峙随即开始。
• The army responded with gunfire and tear gas
  军队用炮火和催泪瓦斯予以反击。
• The hijackers were flushed out with tear gas.
  劫持者被催泪瓦斯赶出来了。