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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Farmers threw eggs and empty bottles at police, who replied with tear gas
  农民向警察扔鸡蛋和空瓶子，警察则以催泪弹回击。
• Soldiers fired tear gas to disperse the crowds.
  士兵们发射催泪弹来驱散人群。
• They had been using rubber bullets and tear gas to try to drive people away.
  警方使用橡胶子弹和催泪瓦斯驱赶人群。
• 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, 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。
• They responded with batons and tear gas.
  警察则以警棍和催泪弹回应。