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

In tear gas training, the manual says you should have your mask on.
进行催泪弹练习时，手册上说你们应该戴上防毒面具。
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 responded with batons and tear gas.
警察则以警棍和催泪弹回应。
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。
The police fired tear gas to flush out the terrorists.
警察放催泪弹赶出了恐怖分子。
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。
The police used tear gas to control the riot.
为了控制骚乱，警察使用了催泪瓦斯。
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 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。
Soldiers fired tear gas to disperse the crowds.
士兵们发射催泪弹来驱散人群。