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

They responded with batons and tear gas.
警察则以警棍和催泪弹回应。
Police responded with tear gas, pepper spray and water cannon.
警方发放催泪弹、胡椒喷雾和水炮。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
And when they get too close, the police loose off a tear gas canister or two or three.
当他们走近时，警察释放一个、或两个三个的催泪瓦斯。
The police used tear gas to control the riot.
为了控制骚乱，警察使用了催泪瓦斯。