tear gas

英 [ˈtɪə ɡæs]

美 [ˈtɪr ɡæs]

n. 催泪瓦斯; 催泪性毒气

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

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。

noun

a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them
Synonym:teargaslacrimatorlachrymator

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。
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。
Police used tear gas to break up a demonstration
警察使用催泪瓦斯驱散示威人群。
Iran's police fire tear gas to disperse protesters.
伊朗警察发射催泪弹驱散抗议者。
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。
The police fired tear gas to flush out the terrorists.
警察放催泪弹赶出了恐怖分子。
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。
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。
The army responded with gunfire and tear gas
军队用炮火和催泪瓦斯予以反击。
To counter this the police will equip themselves with riot shields and tear gas.
为了制止这种局势，警察将用防暴盾牌和催泪毒气装备自己。