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。
• Police fired tear gas at the angry crowds.
  警方向愤怒的人群施放了催泪瓦斯。
• 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***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。
• Soldiers fired tear gas to disperse the crowds.
  士兵们发射***来驱散人群。
• Police responded with tear gas, pepper spray and water cannon.
  警方发放***、胡椒喷雾和水炮。
• The police used tear gas to control the riot.
  为了控制骚乱，警察使用了催泪瓦斯。
• 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。
• Tear gas forced the fugitives out of their hiding place.
  ***气体将逃犯从藏身之处呛了出来。
• 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***驱散一群示威者。