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

• 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。
• Police used tear gas to break up a demonstration
  警察使用催泪瓦斯驱散示威人群。
• Police responded with tear gas, pepper spray and water cannon.
  警方发放催泪弹、胡椒喷雾和水炮。
• The army responded with gunfire and tear gas
  军队用炮火和催泪瓦斯予以反击。
• 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。
• 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.
  士兵们发射催泪弹来驱散人群。
• 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。
• Police used rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse protestors.
  警察用橡皮子弹与催泪瓦斯驱散抗议者。
• 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。