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

But riot police armed with tear gas and water cannon stopped them.
但因防暴警察动用了催泪弹和水枪而未果。
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。
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。
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。
They responded with batons and tear gas.
警察则以警棍和催泪弹回应。
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。
Police fired tear gas at the angry crowds.
警方向愤怒的人群施放了催泪瓦斯。
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。
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。
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。