water cannon

英 [ˈwɔːtə kænən]

美 [ˈwɔːtər kænən]

n.  水炮(警方用以驱散人群)

牛津词典

noun

• 水炮（警方用以驱散人群）
  a machine that produces a powerful flow of water, used by the police to control crowds of people

柯林斯词典

• (警察用于驱散人群的)高压水枪，水炮
  Awater cannonis a machine which shoots out a large, powerful stream of water. It is used by police to break up crowds of people who are protesting or fighting.

英英释义

noun

• a hose (carried on a truck) that fires water under high pressure to disperse crowds (especially crowds of rioters)
  Synonym:watercannon

双语例句

• The water cannon trucks, brought this week to Moscow to disperse demonstrators, remained inactive.
  一些装有高压水枪的卡车被开到了莫斯科，用于驱散抗议者，到目前为止，这些卡车还没有派上用场。
• Water cannon are set to join the operation on the ground and it is hoped electricity will be restored soon.
  在地面上，（日方）设立了水枪来配合这次行动，并且期望电力供给能够在短期内恢复。
• The option of adopting a more aggressive continental approach with the use of curfews, water cannon and even rubber bullets has for now been rejected.
  采取宵禁，水炮甚至橡胶子弹等更积极的方法的选择已经被拒绝。
• Police later tried to disperse the protesters with water cannon.
  后来，警方试图用高压水枪驱散抗议者。
• Protestors threw stones and set fires in retaliation, and the police answered with pepper spray and water cannon
  抗议者们以扔石头和纵火作为报复，警方则回之以辣椒雾剂和水枪
• A flamethrower or water cannon, however, will cost you extra.
  要是多花点钱还能配备火焰喷射器和水炮。
• The Experimental Study of the Firing Property of the Pulsed Water Cannon
  脉冲水炮发射特性的实验研究
• Model and 2-D Simulation Analysis of Launch Pipe of Police Pulsed Anti-riots Water Cannon
  脉冲防暴水炮发射管内的建模与二维仿真
• But riot police armed with tear gas and water cannon stopped them.
  但因防暴警察动用了催泪弹和水枪而未果。
• The high pressure chamber of a water cannon is attributed to the thick-walled cylinder with open ends.
  水炮高压腔是开式厚壁圆筒，采用多层自增强圆筒能大大提高承载能力。