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

• The hijackers were flushed out with tear gas.
  劫持者被催泪瓦斯赶出来了。
• Witnesses said the police fired tear gas to disperse the crowd.
  目击者称，警方施放催泪瓦斯来驱散人群。
• 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。
• Despite police firing tear gas, angry protesters show no intention of receding.
  尽管警察点燃催泪弹，愤怒的抗议者并没有后退的打算。
• 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。
• Soldiers fired tear gas to disperse the crowds.
  士兵们发射催泪弹来驱散人群。
• Police responded with tear gas, pepper spray and water cannon.
  警方发放催泪弹、胡椒喷雾和水炮。
• 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。
• Iran's police fire tear gas to disperse protesters.
  伊朗警察发射催泪弹驱散抗议者。
• Police used tear gas to break up a demonstration
  警察使用催泪瓦斯驱散示威人群。