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。
• He feinted on the way to draw off the Moorish army, flung his troops round the city, cut off its water supply and bombarded it with huge cannon and balls of flaming pitch.
  他一路佯攻击退摩尔军队，同时迅速派部队包围该城，切断供水，用大炮和燃烧的沥青球进行轰炸。
• 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。
• Helicopters dumped tonnes of sea water to try to prevent a meltdown of fuel rods, and media reports said water cannon had now joined in the operation on the ground.
  直升机通过投放数吨的海水试图防止燃料棒的融化，有媒体报道称地面同时有水枪共同参与行动。
• 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
• 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。
• 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。
• The police are already authorised to use baton rounds, and we agreed at Cobra that while they are not currently needed, we now have in place contingency plans for water cannon to be available at 24 hours 'notice, he said.
  警方已获得使用橡胶子弹的授权，还有，尽管我们在Cobra会议上同意目前还没有必要，但我们已制定了应急计划，可以在提前24小时通知后使用高压水枪。
• When an erosive material catches fire, it should be put out with water cannon.
  腐蚀品着火时，可用水柱直接喷射扑救。
• But hundreds of people stage protests in Paris and in other cities and riot police use tear gas and water cannon to disperse the crowds.
  但在巴黎和其他城市数百人举行抗议活动，防暴警察使用催泪弹和救火水炮车驱散人群。