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

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。
The standoff came Thursday when Israeli security forces went into the house, using batons and tear gas.
星期四，以色列安全部队进入这座房子，使用了警棍和催泪瓦斯，对峙随即开始。
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。
The police fired tear gas to flush out the terrorists.
警察放催泪弹赶出了恐怖分子。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
They responded with batons and tear gas.
警察则以警棍和催泪弹回应。