water cannon

英 [ˈwɔːtə kænən]

美 [ˈwɔːtər kænən]

n.  水炮(警方用以驱散人群)

牛津词典

noun

• 水炮（警方用以驱散人群）
  a machine that produces a powerful flow of water, used by the police to control crowds of people

柯林斯词典

• (警察用于驱散人群的)高压水枪，水炮
  Awater cannonis a machine which shoots out a large, powerful stream of water. It is used by police to break up crowds of people who are protesting or fighting.

英英释义

noun

• a hose (carried on a truck) that fires water under high pressure to disperse crowds (especially crowds of rioters)
  Synonym:watercannon

双语例句

• The police are already authorised to use baton rounds, and we agreed at Cobra that while they are not currently needed, we now have in place contingency plans for water cannon to be available at 24 hours 'notice, he said.
  警方已获得使用橡胶子弹的授权，还有，尽管我们在Cobra会议上同意目前还没有必要，但我们已制定了应急计划，可以在提前24小时通知后使用高压水枪。
• Protestors threw stones and set fires in retaliation, and the police answered with pepper spray and water cannon
  抗议者们以扔石头和纵火作为报复，警方则回之以辣椒雾剂和水枪
• The high pressure chamber of a water cannon is attributed to the thick-walled cylinder with open ends.
  水炮高压腔是开式厚壁圆筒，采用多层自增强圆筒能大大提高承载能力。
• Police responded with tear gas, pepper spray and water cannon.
  警方发放催泪弹、胡椒喷雾和水炮。
• The water cannon trucks, brought this week to Moscow to disperse demonstrators, remained inactive.
  一些装有高压水枪的卡车被开到了莫斯科，用于驱散抗议者，到目前为止，这些卡车还没有派上用场。
• 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。
• A flamethrower or water cannon, however, will cost you extra.
  要是多花点钱还能配备火焰喷射器和水炮。
• It's an amphibious vehicle, which has a winch and a water cannon.
  它是一种水路两栖载具，所以配备有绞盘和水炮。
• When an erosive material catches fire, it should be put out with water cannon.
  腐蚀品着火时，可用水柱直接喷射扑救。
• 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。