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 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。
• 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。
• They responded with batons and tear gas.
  警察则以警棍和催泪弹回应。
• Troops used tear gas and rifle butts to break up the protests
  军队使用催泪瓦斯和枪托驱散示威者。
• Police fired tear gas at the angry crowds.
  警方向愤怒的人群施放了催泪瓦斯。
• The army responded with gunfire and tear gas
  军队用炮火和催泪瓦斯予以反击。
• 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。
• Police responded with tear gas, pepper spray and water cannon.
  警方发放催泪弹、胡椒喷雾和水炮。
• 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。
• 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。