tear gas

noun

1. 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

1. N-UNCOUNT 催泪瓦斯
   Tear gas is 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。

1. Police used tear gas to break up a demonstration
   警察使用催泪瓦斯驱散示威人群。
2. Troops used tear gas and rifle butts to break up the protests
   军队使用催泪瓦斯和枪托驱散示威者。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. 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。
6. The army responded with gunfire and tear gas
   军队用炮火和催泪瓦斯予以反击。
7. 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。
8. 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。
9. Tear gas forced the fugitives out of their hiding place.
   催泪弹气体将逃犯从藏身之处呛了出来。
10. 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。
11. 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。
12. 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。
13. The hijackers were flushed out with tear gas.
    劫持者被催泪瓦斯赶出来了。
14. The police fired tear gas to flush out the terrorists.
    警察放催泪弹赶出了恐怖分子。
15. They responded with batons and tear gas.
    警察则以警棍和催泪弹回应。
16. Police responded with tear gas, pepper spray and water cannon.
    警方发放催泪弹、胡椒喷雾和水炮。
17. 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。
18. Soldiers fired tear gas to disperse the crowds.
    士兵们发射催泪弹来驱散人群。
19. 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。
20. 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。
21. Police fired tear gas at the angry crowds.
    警方向愤怒的人群施放了催泪瓦斯。
22. 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。
23. They used tear gas and fire hoses to disperse the crowd.
    他们用催泪瓦斯和消防喉，以驱散人群。
24. The police used tear gas to control the riot.
    为了控制骚乱，警察使用了催泪瓦斯。
25. 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。
26. 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。
27. 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。
28. 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。
29. Iran's police fire tear gas to disperse protesters.
    伊朗警察发射催泪弹驱散抗议者。
30. 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。

noun

1. a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them

   Synonym:    teargaslacrimatorlachrymator