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

• A flamethrower or water cannon, however, will cost you extra.
  要是多花点钱还能配备火焰喷射器和水炮。
• The water cannon trucks, brought this week to Moscow to disperse demonstrators, remained inactive.
  一些装有高压水枪的卡车被开到了莫斯科，用于驱散抗议者，到目前为止，这些卡车还没有派上用场。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Police responded with tear gas, pepper spray and water cannon.
  警方发放催泪弹、胡椒喷雾和水炮。
• He feinted on the way to draw off the Moorish army, flung his troops round the city, cut off its water supply and bombarded it with huge cannon and balls of flaming pitch.
  他一路佯攻击退摩尔军队，同时迅速派部队包围该城，切断供水，用大炮和燃烧的沥青球进行轰炸。
• 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。
• 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。
• Helicopters dumped tonnes of sea water to try to prevent a meltdown of fuel rods, and media reports said water cannon had now joined in the operation on the ground.
  直升机通过投放数吨的海水试图防止燃料棒的融化，有媒体报道称地面同时有水枪共同参与行动。