| 单词 | tear gas |
| 释义 | tear gas (once / 7992 pages) n WORD FAMILY tear gas: tear gases USAGE EXAMPLESThey threw rocks, toppled streetlights, dodged clouds of tear gas and tipped over a television truck. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) They fired tear gas and rounds of birdshot, and soon the protesters were fleeing in all directions. The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016) The extent of the French police response was more surprising, escalating rapidly to full-blown tear gas volleys. BBC(Dec 25, 2016) n a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds Syn|Hypo|Hyper lachrymator, lacrimator, teargas CS gas, chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile a tear gas that is stronger than CN gas but wears off faster; can be deployed by grenades or cluster bombs; can cause skin burns and fatal pulmonary edema CN gas, chloroacetophenonea tear gas that is weaker than CS gas but lasts longer nitrochloromethanegaseous form of chloropicrin used as tear gas Chemical Mace, Mace(trademark) a liquid that temporarily disables a person; prepared as an aerosol and sprayed in the face, it irritates the eyes and causes dizziness and immobilization chemical weapon chemical substances that can be delivered using munitions and dispersal devices to cause death or severe harm to people and animals and plants gasa fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely |
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