1.
to pass out from drinking; to drink oneself unconscious
To become so intoxicated from alcohol that one collapses or falls asleep. Implies drinking to excess beyond the point of functioning.
友人が酔い潰れた。
My friend passed out drunk.
飲みすぎて酔い潰れてしまった。
I drank too much and passed out.
忘年会で酔い潰れた同僚をタクシーに乗せて家まで送った。
I put my colleague, who had passed out drunk at the year-end party, in a taxi and sent him home.
酔い潰れる is a compound verb combining 酔う (to get drunk) and 潰れる (to collapse, to be crushed). It is an intransitive ichidan verb.
ASPECT (ている):
酔い潰れている describes the resulting state of being passed out drunk.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 酔い潰れて寝る (to pass out and fall asleep)
- 酔い潰れて動けない (to be too drunk to move)
RELATED WORDS:
Compare with 泥酔 (dead drunk — more formal, describes the state), and 酔いつぶす (transitive — to make someone pass out drunk).