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

To counter this the police will equip themselves with riot shields and tear gas.
为了制止这种局势，警察将用防暴盾牌和催泪毒气装备自己。
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。
Police used tear gas to break up a demonstration
警察使用催泪瓦斯驱散示威人群。
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 fired tear gas to flush out the terrorists.
警察放催泪弹赶出了恐怖分子。
And when they get too close, the police loose off a tear gas canister or two or three.
当他们走近时，警察释放一个、或两个三个的催泪瓦斯。
Iran's police fire tear gas to disperse protesters.
伊朗警察发射催泪弹驱散抗议者。
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。
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。