英语词汇“breath test”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

A device which indicates the amount of alcohol in a person's breath, by means of a plastic bag containing alcohol-sensitive crystals which change colour when a certain concentration of alcohol vapour is blown through them

Having a breath (esp as combining form, eg long-breathed, and see also under breathe)

breath test noun

A test carried out on a person's breath, by breathalyser or other device, to determine how much alcohol that person has consumed

a breath of fresh air

A short excursion in the open air
Any refreshing and invigorating change

below or under one's breath

In a low voice

catch one's breath

To rest until one is no longer out of breath
To stop breathing for an instant

draw breath

To breathe
To be alive

get one's breath back

To recover normal breathing after exertion
To recover from a surprise

hold one's breath

To refrain from breathing temporarily
To wait in anxious expectation

in the same breath

At the same time

out of breath

Having difficulty in breathing
Panting from exertion, etc

save one's breath

To refrain from pointless talk

spend or waste one's breath

To talk to no avail or profitlessly

take (one's) breath

To recover freedom of breathing
To stop for breath, rest, or refreshment

take someone's breath away

To make someone breathless with astonishment, delight, etc

with bated breath

With breath restrained out of suspense, fear or reverence

breath /breth/