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)
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - 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 option of adopting a more aggressive continental approach with the use of curfews, water cannon and even rubber bullets has for now been rejected.
采取宵禁，水炮甚至橡胶子弹等更积极的方法的选择已经被拒绝。 - 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 - He feinted on the way to draw off the Moorish army, flung his troops round the city, cut off its water supply and bombarded it with huge cannon and balls of flaming pitch.
他一路佯攻击退摩尔军队，同时迅速派部队包围该城，切断供水，用大炮和燃烧的沥青球进行轰炸。 - Helicopters dumped tonnes of sea water to try to prevent a meltdown of fuel rods, and media reports said water cannon had now joined in the operation on the ground.
直升机通过投放数吨的海水试图防止燃料棒的融化，有媒体报道称地面同时有水枪共同参与行动。 - 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。 - Police later tried to disperse the protesters with water cannon.
后来，警方试图用高压水枪驱散抗议者。 - NHK, the Japanese state broadcaster, broadcast footage of Japanese coast guards using water cannon against Taiwanese fishing boats and said Taiwanese patrol boats had responded by spraying water toward the Japanese vessels.
日本公共广播机构日本广播协会（nhk）播出了海上保安厅巡视船用高压水枪对付台湾渔船的画面，并称，台湾方面的巡逻船也对日方喷水回击。