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 used tear gas to control the riot.
  为了控制骚乱，警察使用了催泪瓦斯。
• The hijackers were flushed out with tear gas.
  劫持者被催泪瓦斯赶出来了。
• They responded with batons and tear gas.
  警察则以警棍和催泪弹回应。
• 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。
• In tear gas training, the manual says you should have your mask on.
  进行催泪弹练习时，手册上说你们应该戴上防毒面具。
• Soldiers fired tear gas to disperse the crowds.
  士兵们发射催泪弹来驱散人群。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。