tear gas

英 [ˈtɪə ɡæs]

美 [ˈtɪr ɡæs]

n. 催泪瓦斯; 催泪性毒气

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

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。

noun

a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them
Synonym:teargaslacrimatorlachrymator

Police used tear gas to break up a demonstration
警察使用催泪瓦斯驱散示威人群。
The police used tear gas to control the riot.
为了控制骚乱，警察使用了催泪瓦斯。
They used tear gas and fire hoses to disperse the crowd.
他们用催泪瓦斯和消防喉，以驱散人群。
The standoff came Thursday when Israeli security forces went into the house, using batons and tear gas.
星期四，以色列安全部队进入这座房子，使用了警棍和催泪瓦斯，对峙随即开始。
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。
The police fired tear gas to flush out the terrorists.
警察放催泪弹赶出了恐怖分子。
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。
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。
Using water cannons and tear gas, police repelled protesters outside the US embassy.
警察使用水枪和催泪瓦斯驱散了美国大使馆外的抗议者。
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。