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。
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。
The police used tear gas to control the riot.
为了控制骚乱，警察使用了催泪瓦斯。
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。
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。
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。
Soldiers fired tear gas to disperse the crowds.
士兵们发射催泪弹来驱散人群。
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。
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。
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。