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 fired tear gas at the angry crowds.
  警方向愤怒的人群施放了催泪瓦斯。
• 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催泪弹驱散一群示威者。
• 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。
• 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。
• The army responded with gunfire and tear gas
  军队用炮火和催泪瓦斯予以反击。
• Police used tear gas to break up a demonstration
  警察使用催泪瓦斯驱散示威人群。
• 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。
• Using water cannons and tear gas, police repelled protesters outside the US embassy.
  警察使用水枪和催泪瓦斯驱散了美国大使馆外的抗议者。
• The police fired tear gas to flush out the terrorists.
  警察放催泪弹赶出了恐怖分子。
• 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。