breathalyse
verb🔊/ˈbreθəlaɪz/
🔊/ˈbreθəlaɪz/
(British English) (North American English breathalyze)
[usually passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they breathalyse | 🔊/ˈbreθəlaɪz/ 🔊/ˈbreθəlaɪz/ |
| he / she / it breathalyses | 🔊/ˈbreθəlaɪzɪz/ 🔊/ˈbreθəlaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple breathalysed | 🔊/ˈbreθəlaɪzd/ 🔊/ˈbreθəlaɪzd/ |
| past participle breathalysed | 🔊/ˈbreθəlaɪzd/ 🔊/ˈbreθəlaɪzd/ |
| -ing form breathalysing | 🔊/ˈbreθəlaɪzɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈbreθəlaɪzɪŋ/ |
- breathalyse somebody
to check how much alcohol a driver has drunk by making him or her breathe into a breathalyser 检测（驾驶者）的呼气酒精含量