单词 | lachrymator |
释义 | lachrymatorn. An agent that causes the production of tears; esp. a tear gas. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > [noun] > wateriness > substance causing lachrymator1915 1915 D. Haig Diary 31 Aug. in War Diaries & Lett. 1914–18 (2005) 140 I am to have 1000 ‘lachrymator gas’ shells for certain and possibly 2000 for 4.5 inch howitzers. 1922 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 111/2 The principal bases for lachrymators are iodine and bromine. 1963 Times 25 Apr. 6/4 Chloracetophenone, a lacrimator in adequate concentrations, had toxic effects. 2007 G. McNamee Moveable Feast 127 And yet another is to cut the onion near an open flame, which dilutes the lachrymator gas cloud. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1915 |
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