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

• Iran's police fire tear gas to disperse protesters.
  伊朗警察发射***驱散抗议者。
• 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。
• Despite police firing tear gas, angry protesters show no intention of receding.
  尽管警察点燃***，愤怒的抗议者并没有后退的打算。
• Police fired tear gas at the angry crowds.
  警方向愤怒的人群施放了催泪瓦斯。
• Soldiers fired tear gas to disperse the crowds.
  士兵们发射***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。
• They responded with batons and tear gas.
  警察则以警棍和***回应。
• 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。
• And when they get too close, the police loose off a tear gas canister or two or three.
  当他们走近时，警察释放一个、或两个三个的催泪瓦斯。
• 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***进行干预。