pepper spray

基本解釋

Yet in the pepper-spray episode last Saturday, critics say, judgment was lacking.
但批評(píng)家認(rèn)為，周六的噴霧事件缺乏司法公正。
Israel's company Beit Alfa Technologies trucks (also supplied to Russian OMON) can shoot colored and "pepper-spray" liquids
以色列貝特阿勒法(Beit Alfa)科技公司的卡車(也向俄羅斯內(nèi)政部特種部隊(duì)OMON提供)可以施放有色的"胡椒噴霧"液體
Police said they had found in his pockets another souvenir and a chilli-pepper spray.
他們在這名男子的口袋里發(fā)現(xiàn)了另一紀(jì)念品以及辣椒噴霧器。

When police try to control an unruly crowd, they pepper-spray people indiscriminately.
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Somewhere between pepper-spray and patchouli is a middle ground, and that ground should be safe for pregnant women to sit on without risk.
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And yet, within an hour she was live on CNN explaining away the pepper-spray incident to host Don Lemon, who had to cut her off a few times because her responses were so long-winded.
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a chemical based on a substance found in hot peppers, in a container that can be sprayed (= forced out in small drops) into a person's face. This causes pain and tears in the eyes and can be used by police or as a method of self-defence.
to spray someone with pepper spray

A pepper spray is a device that releases a substance which stings the skin, and that is used as a defence against rioters or attackers.