英语词汇breathalyzer的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	breathalyzer
词源	Breathalyzer. This trademarked portable device that scien- tifically measures alcohol in the blood, helping to enforce drunk driving laws, was invented by Robert F. Borkenstein (1912–2002) in 1953. Previously, he had helped invent the harder-to-use Drunkometer, among the first of such instru- ments. For his Breathalyser Borkenstein was elected by the Na- tional Safety Council in 1988 to its Safety and Health Hall of Fame International.
随便看	putative put in a good word for someone put in one-s two cents’ worth put it all in the first paragraph put lay one-s finger upon put nothing smaller than your elbow in your ear put one-s best foot forward put one-s foot in one-s mouth put one-s oar in another-s boat put on nothing but the radio put on the buskin put on the dog put on the gloves put on the spot putt put that in your pipe and smoke it put the cart before the horse put the john d to her put the kibosh on put the pedal to the metal put the toothpaste back in the tube put through the mill put to the pale put up on a pedestal put up your dukes

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