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tear gas

/teer/US // tɪər //

催泪瓦斯,催泪弹,催泪剂,催泪水

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a gas that makes the eyes smart and water, thus producing a temporary blindness, used in modern warfare, to quell riots, etc.

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Examples

  • As tear gas and bullets fly, students from the affluent suburbs of Yangon and Mandalay, the country’s two biggest cities, are being joined on the barricades by fresh-faced office and factory workers and young miners from the jade diggings of Kachin.

  • The sensor, dubbed TRPA1, is common in animals — from flatworms to people — and responds to environmental irritants such as cold, heat, wasabi and tear gas.

  • In this case, the escape hoods were reportedly used because of tear gas in the area, according to The New York Times and other reports.

  • A few minutes later, clouds of tear gas emerged over the crowd, and people ran from the Capitol.

  • There were scenes of violence and reports of injuries, tear gas used and flash grenades set off, with all the images hurtling around the globe via television and the Internet.

  • Security officials told Agence France-Presse that the gas station manager said he had recognized the two men.

  • Unconfirmed reports in the French media claimed that the brothers were spotted at a gas station in northern France on Thursday.

  • Total oil production figures include crude oil, natural gas liquids, and other liquid energy products.

  • On top of oil, the United States produces significantly more natural gas than Saudi Arabia.

  • Her slight miscalculation of how to fix the situation leads to her driving around the gas pump.

  • For comparison, the gas may be passed through a test-tube containing an equal amount of distilled water.

  • It is allowed to cool, and hydrogen sulphid gas is passed through it for about five minutes.

  • Louis turned at the exclamation, and looked on the faithful servant; but no tear was in his eye, no sound on his lip.

  • By what word is the relation between “pendulum” and “a smile and tear” described?

  • In the tear-stained story of humanity there has never been aught to surpass the thrilling record of Cawnpore.