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

• 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。
• 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。
• To counter this the police will equip themselves with riot shields and tear gas.
  为了制止这种局势，警察将用防暴盾牌和催泪毒气装备自己。
• 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。
• 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，警察则以催泪弹回击。
• Soldiers fired tear gas to disperse the crowds.
  士兵们发射催泪弹来驱散人群。
• The police fired tear gas to flush out the terrorists.
  警察放催泪弹赶出了恐怖分子。
• Police fired tear gas at the angry crowds.
  警方向愤怒的人群施放了催泪瓦斯。
• 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。
• 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催泪弹驱散一群示威者。