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 initial cloud of tear gas had hardly cleared before shots were fired.
最初的催泪瓦斯的烟雾刚刚驱散，射击又开始了。
The police fired tear gas to flush out the terrorists.
警察放催泪弹赶出了恐怖分子。
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。
Police fired tear gas at the angry crowds.
警方向愤怒的人群施放了催泪瓦斯。
Police used rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse protestors.
警察用橡皮子弹与催泪瓦斯驱散抗议者。
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。
They responded with batons and tear gas.
警察则以警棍和催泪弹回应。
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。
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。