breathalysebreathalyzev.

Brit.

/ˈbrɛθəlʌɪz/,

/ˈbrɛθl̩ʌɪz/, U.S.

/ˈbrɛθəˌlaɪz/

Forms: 1900s– breathalyse, 1900s– breathalyze (chiefly U.S.).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: breath n., analyse v.

Etymology: < breath n. + -alyse (in analyse v.), after breathalyser n.

Originally U.S.

transitive. To use a breathalyser to test (a person) in order to determine the presence or concentration of alcohol vapour in his or her breath; spec. (of a law enforcement officer) to test (a person) for intoxication in this way in order to establish fitness for driving a motor vehicle (see breathalyser n.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > specific measuring or recording > measure or record [verb (transitive)] > measure alcohol in breath

breathalyse1964

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > drive a vehicle [verb (transitive)] > subject (someone) to a breathalyser test

breathalyse1964

breath-test1964

1964 Evening Telegram (Rocky Mount, N. Carolina) 21 July 7/6 (headline) ‘Breathalyzed’.

1967 Times 1 Dec. 8/3 Would it not be sensible to amend the Bill so that the police power to stop and ‘breathalyse’ people should be limited?

1986 Los Angeles Times 30 Oct. 24/1 [He] was breathalyzed at his own request, and police said no alcohol was found in his blood.

2014 Sidmouth Herald (Nexis) 11 Apr. Officers breathalysed the driver at the roadside after pulling her over, and she tested more than four times over the drink-drive limit.

Derivatives

ˈbreathalysed adj. (of a driver) that has been tested using a breathalyser.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > [adjective] > testing with a breathalyser > tested with a breathalyser

breathalysed1967

1967 New Statesman 29 Dec. 901/1 The matey breathalysed population drives obediently round in business-like pursuit of teenage love and entertaining kitchen furniture.

2007 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 17 Jan. 6 About 7.5 per cent of breathalysed motorists in Staffordshire tested positive for alcohol during December.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	breathalyse
释义	breathalysebreathalyzev. Brit. /ˈbrɛθəlʌɪz/, /ˈbrɛθl̩ʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈbrɛθəˌlaɪz/ Forms: 1900s– breathalyse, 1900s– breathalyze (chiefly U.S.). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: breath n., analyse v. Etymology: < breath n. + -alyse (in analyse v.), after breathalyser n. Originally U.S. transitive. To use a breathalyser to test (a person) in order to determine the presence or concentration of alcohol vapour in his or her breath; spec. (of a law enforcement officer) to test (a person) for intoxication in this way in order to establish fitness for driving a motor vehicle (see breathalyser n.). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > specific measuring or recording > measure or record [verb (transitive)] > measure alcohol in breath breathalyse1964 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > drive a vehicle [verb (transitive)] > subject (someone) to a breathalyser test breathalyse1964 breath-test1964 1964 Evening Telegram (Rocky Mount, N. Carolina) 21 July 7/6 (headline) ‘Breathalyzed’. 1967 Times 1 Dec. 8/3 Would it not be sensible to amend the Bill so that the police power to stop and ‘breathalyse’ people should be limited? 1986 Los Angeles Times 30 Oct. 24/1 [He] was breathalyzed at his own request, and police said no alcohol was found in his blood. 2014 Sidmouth Herald (Nexis) 11 Apr. Officers breathalysed the driver at the roadside after pulling her over, and she tested more than four times over the drink-drive limit. Derivatives ˈbreathalysed adj. (of a driver) that has been tested using a breathalyser. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > [adjective] > testing with a breathalyser > tested with a breathalyser breathalysed1967 1967 New Statesman 29 Dec. 901/1 The matey breathalysed population drives obediently round in business-like pursuit of teenage love and entertaining kitchen furniture. 2007 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 17 Jan. 6 About 7.5 per cent of breathalysed motorists in Staffordshire tested positive for alcohol during December. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1964
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