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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Tear gas forced the fugitives out of their hiding place.
  催泪弹气体将逃犯从藏身之处呛了出来。
• 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。
• Despite police firing tear gas, angry protesters show no intention of receding.
  尽管警察点燃催泪弹，愤怒的抗议者并没有后退的打算。
• The police fired tear gas to flush out the terrorists.
  警察放催泪弹赶出了恐怖分子。
• 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。
• Police responded with tear gas, pepper spray and water cannon.
  警方发放催泪弹、胡椒喷雾和水炮。
• The hijackers were flushed out with tear gas.
  劫持者被催泪瓦斯赶出来了。