quarantine

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n. 隔离, 封锁交通, 检疫期 vt. 隔离, 排斥

发音

US /ˈkwɔɹ.ən.tin/
US /ˈkɔɹ.ən.tin/
AU
其它 /ˈkwɑɹ.ən.tin/
UK /ˈkwɒɹ.ən.tiːn/
UK /ˈkwɒrn̩tiːn/
UK /ˈkwɒɹ.ən.taɪn/

词形变化

quarantines 复数 quarantines quarantined quarantines 三单 quarantining quarantining 现在分词 quarantined 过去式 quarantined 过去分词

别名

quarentine quarantin quaranteen quarantain quarantaine quarrentine quarantene quarentene quarentyne querentyne

教材释义与例句

名词

检疫;隔离;检疫期;封锁

动词

检疫;隔离;使隔离

动词

实行隔离

释义与例句

n. B2
  1. 1.

    A period of 40 days, particularly

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    A period of 40 days, particularly

    The 40-day period during which a widow is entitled to remain in her deceased husband's home while any dower is collected and returned.

    可数 历史 不可数 法律

    Querentyne is where a man dyeth seisyd of a maner place and other landis where of the wyfe ought to be indowed, than the woman shall hold the maner place by .xl. days within which tyme her dower shalbe to her assyned.

  3. 3.

    A period of 40 days, particularly

    The 40-day period of isolation required after 1448 at Venice's lazaret to avoid renewed outbreaks of the bubonic plague and identical policies in other locations.

    可数 历史 不可数
  4. 4.

    A period of 40 days, particularly

    A 40-day period formerly imposed by the French king upon warring nobles during which they were forbidden from exacting revenge or continuing to fight.

    可数 历史 不可数

    Quarantain of the King, is a Truce of forty Days appointed by S. Louis; during which it was expressly forbid to take any Revenge of the Relation or Friends of People.

  5. 5.

    A period, instance, or state of isolation from the general public or from native livestock and flora enacted to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.

    隔离

    检疫

    可数 不可数

    The tourists were put in quarantine to ensure none of them would be able to spread the plague.

    From Toulon... Our Gallyes which were upon the point of finishing their Quarantaine, and entering into this Port, have been hindred from it by th'arrival of three others that were out a roaming.

    Making of all ships coming from thence... to perform their Quarantine (for 30 days as Sir Richard Browne expressed it... contrary to the import of the word; though in the general acceptation, it signifies now the thing, not the time spent in doing it).

    Formerly great stress was laid on the value of quarantine; all plant imports were grown in a quarantine ground under the supervision of a Government botanist until it was certain that they had no disease.

  6. 6.

    A similar period, instance, or state of rigidly enforced or self-enforced detention or isolation.

    可数 比喻 不可数

    What I wish to put under Quarantine are family events—& all allusion thereto past—present—or to come.

  7. 7.

    A place where such isolation is enforced, a lazaret.

    可数 不可数

    They bring wood, millet, rye, barley, and a little wheat to the quarantine to barter with the Cossaks for salt.

  8. 8.

    A blockade of trade, suspension of diplomatic relations, or other action whereby one country seeks to isolate another.

    可数 比喻 不可数 政治

    When a great power establishes diplomatic quarantine against them it is well not to go too far on a course on which they appear to be embarking with a light heart.

    President Roosevelt today challenged the effectiveness of a policy of neutrality in keeping the United States at peace and advocated instead a collective ‘quarantine’ of aggressor nations.

    To halt this offensive buildup, a strict quarantine on all offensive military equipment under shipment to Cuba is being initiated. All ships of any kind bound for Cuba from whatever nation or port will, if found to contain cargoes of offensive weapons, be turned back. This quarantine will be extended, if needed, to other types of cargo and carries.

  9. 9.

    An isolation of one program, drive, computer, etc. from the rest of a computer network to limit the damage from a bug, computer virus, etc.

    可数 比喻 不可数 计算机 工程 数学

    Also included is Canary, a ‘quarantine’ program for use as a sample to test for a virus by pairing it with new or suspect programs.

    At least one expert says... that a quarantine can be futile if the software is infected with a time-activated virus.

  10. 10.

    The program, drive, computer, etc. thus isolated.

    可数 比喻 不可数 计算机 工程 数学

    If they click on the link then they're added to your approved senders list and their message is moved to your inbox; if they don't, the message stays in quarantine.

v.
  1. 1.

    To place into isolation to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.

    及物

    Venice began quarantining incoming ships for 40 days in 1448 to prevent further outbreaks of bubonic plague.

    We... sent our boat on board a French man of war lying in the bay, with a letter for our consul; captain Murray not wishing to have any communication with the shore, for fear of being quarantined at the next port he went to.

    On sanitary grounds Morocco could certainly show better cause for placing a quarantine on Spain than Spain for quarantining Morocco.

  2. 2.

    To enter or stay in quarantine, particularly to self-quarantine to avoid an epidemic disease.

    不及物

    International travelers must quarantine themselves at their own expense in a designated hotel for 14 days upon arrival.

    The Mauretania... is expected to ‘quarantine’ at New York at 10 a.m. tomorrow.

    She brought her dog home, and that's a big step. Dogs have to quarantine for six months in England.

    Australians returning from overseas have been required to quarantine for 14 days since 15 March, with mandatory stays inside hotel rooms enforced since 29 March.

  3. 3.

    To impose a quarantine, to establish quarantine regulations.

    不及物 废旧

    It has just been announced that Norfolk, Va., and Holly Springs, Miss., have quarantined against Memphis.

  4. 4.

    Synonym of isolate more generally.

    比喻 及物

    J.F.K. "quarantined" Cuba rather than blockading it to avoid needless escalation of the conflict.

    ...where I should be detained, Quarantined, smoaked & vinegard...

    No computer system or even individual PC is safe from a virus unless it is isolated—quarantined, in effect—from all others.

  5. 5.

    Synonym of restrict.

    比喻 及物

    Did any moral taint hang about me that quarantined my entrance into its circle?

name
  1. 1.

    Alternative letter-case form of Quarantine: the Mount of Temptation where Jesus Christ supposedly fasted for 40 days, Jebel Quruntul near Jericho.

    废旧 宗教

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词源

From Medieval Latin quarentena and quarentīna (“40-day period, Lent”) via Middle English quarentine, Norman quarenteine, French quarenteine, and Italian quarantina, via proposed Late Latin *quaranta + -ēna (forming distributive adjectives), from Latin quadrāgintā (“four tens, 40”). In reference to French politics, calque of French quarantaine after edicts of Louis IX. In reference to a severance of political relations, popularized by the Roosevelt administration's 1937 approach to the Axis powers and the later Kennedy administration's 1962 approach to Cuba during the missile crisis.

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