a can/bottle of mace
名词用法。mace 指防身喷雾，计量时常说 a can/bottle of mace；作为商标时也可大写为 Mace。
She always keeps a can of mace in her bag.
她总是在包里放一瓶防身喷雾。
狼牙棒；重型战棍；肉豆蔻衣；肉豆蔻皮(香料)；催泪瓦斯；防身喷雾剂；(中国旧时货币单位)钱,等于十分之一两；(商标)一种暂时使人失去行动能力的液体；作为气雾剂喷在脸上,会刺激眼睛并导致眩晕和无法行动
a trademarked spray that temporarily disables a person
狼牙棒；重型战棍
A heavy fighting club.
肉豆蔻衣；肉豆蔻皮(香料)
A spice obtained from the outer layer of the kernel of the fruit of the nutmeg.
催泪瓦斯；防身喷雾剂
Tear gas or pepper spray, especially for personal use.
(中国旧时货币单位)钱,等于十分之一两
An old money of account in China equal to one tenth of a tael.
(商标)一种暂时使人失去行动能力的液体；作为气雾剂喷在脸上,会刺激眼睛并导致眩晕和无法行动
(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
权杖；礼仪性的狼牙棒
A ceremonial form of this weapon.
旧时重量单位,合57.98格令,约3.8克。
An old weight of 57.98 grains, approximately 3.8 grams.
持有权杖的官员
an official who carries a mace of office
(乐队指挥用的)长指挥杖,通常有装饰性头部
A long baton used by some drum majors to keep time and lead a marching band. If this baton is referred to as a mace, by convention it has a ceremonial often decorative head, which, if of metal, usually is hollow and sometimes intricately worked.
由肉豆蔻种子干燥的肉质外壳制成的香料
spice made from the dried fleshy covering of the nutmeg seed
持权杖者；执杖官
An officer who carries a mace as a token of authority.
(制革用的)软皮槌
A knobbed mallet used by curriers to make leather supple when dressing it.
连枷
A flail.
She always carries a small can of mace in her bag when she walks home at night.
她晚上步行回家时，总在包里带一小罐防身喷雾。
用法提示：句中 mace 是不可数名词，指一种防身用催泪喷雾剂。
The security guard sprayed mace at the attacker to stop the fight.
保安朝袭击者喷了防身喷雾，以制止打斗。
用法提示：mace 此处作名词，指喷雾剂本身，作 sprayed 的宾语。
Police officers are trained to use mace only when someone poses an immediate threat.
警察受过训练，只在有人构成直接威胁时才使用防身喷雾。
用法提示：mace 作不可数名词，表示这种防身喷雾剂的名词用法。
名词用法。mace 指防身喷雾，计量时常说 a can/bottle of mace；作为商标时也可大写为 Mace。
She always keeps a can of mace in her bag.
她总是在包里放一瓶防身喷雾。
动词用法。mace 作及物动词，表示“用防身喷雾喷（某人）”，过去式和过去分词是 maced。
The police maced the protesters to disperse them.
警察向抗议者喷防身喷雾以驱散他们。
被动用法。get maced 常用来表示“被防身喷雾喷到”，常见于新闻报道。
He got maced during the protest.
他在抗议中被人喷了防身喷雾。
通用术语，泛指用于自卫的喷射剂；与 mace 相比，不特指品牌或催泪成分，可用于所有类型的自卫喷雾。
特指含辣椒素（OC）的喷雾，是 mace 在口语中常被混用的对象；但严格来说，mace 传统为催泪剂，pepper spray 为辣椒刺激剂，成分不同。
grammar · medium
易错句子She carried a mace in her purse for protection.
正确表达She carried mace in her purse for protection.
此处 mace 指防身喷雾剂，是不可数名词，不能用 a 修饰。若指一个罐子，应说 a can of mace。
grammar · medium
易错句子He maced at the attacker.
正确表达He maced the attacker.
mace 作动词是及物动词，直接接宾语，不需要介词 at。
grammar · medium
易错句子Using maze to defend herself, she escaped the attacker.
正确表达Using mace to defend herself, she escaped the attacker.
maze 是迷宫，mace 才是防身喷雾。两者发音相近，但结尾分别为清辅音 /s/ 和浊辅音 /z/。
与 mace（防身喷雾）发音相近（/meɪz/ vs /meɪs/），但结尾清浊音不同：maze 是 /z/，mace 是 /s/；意义完全不同，注意区分。
与 mace 拼写仅差一个字母（i/a），但发音和意义不同：mice 读 /maɪs/，意为“老鼠”；mace 读 /meɪs/，是防身喷雾。
随身携带防身喷雾
She always carries mace when she walks home alone at night.
她晚上独自走路回家时总是随身携带防身喷雾。
喷射防身喷雾
The security guard sprayed mace at the intruder.
保安向入侵者喷射防身喷雾。
防身喷雾剂
Mace spray is illegal in some countries.
防身喷雾剂在一些国家是非法的。
一罐防身喷雾
He pulled out a can of mace and warned the mugger.
他掏出一罐防身喷雾，警告那个抢劫者。
一股防身喷雾
He got a blast of mace in the face during the struggle.
他在挣扎时脸上被喷了一股防身喷雾。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.