• vt. 檢疫；隔離；使隔離
• n. 檢疫；隔離；檢疫期；封鎖
• vi. 實行隔離

來自拉丁語quadraginta,四十，來自quadr-,四，-gin,十，詞源同ten,dean.現詞義來自17世紀意大利威尼斯港對來自瘟疫區的商品和貨物實行的四十天隔離檢驗以確保瘟疫不會入境。

quarantine

quarantine: [17] Quarantine denotes etymologically a period of ‘forty’ days. It goes back ultimately to Latin quadrāgintā ‘forty’, whose Italian descendant quaranta formed the basis of the noun quarantina ‘period of forty days’. English used it originally for a ‘period of forty days’ isolation’, but gradually the stipulation of the number of days faded out.
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quarantine (n.)

1520s, "period of 40 days in which a widow has the right to remain in her dead husband's house." Earlier quarentyne (15c.), "desert in which Christ fasted for 40 days," from Latin quadraginta "forty," related to quattuor "four" (see four).

Sense of "period a ship suspected of carrying disease is kept in isolation" is 1660s, from Italian quarantina giorni, literally "space of forty days," from quaranta "forty," from Latin quadraginta. So called from the Venetian custom of keeping ships from plague-stricken countries waiting off its port for 40 days (first enforced 1377) to assure that no latent cases were aboard. The extended sense of "any period of forced isolation" is from 1670s.

quarantine (v.)

1804, from quarantine (n.). Related: Quarantined; quarantining.

1. No mammals other than people may enter the country without lengthy quarantine.

除人之外，所有的哺乳動物進入這個國家都必須經過長期隔離。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The dog was kept in quarantine for six months.

這條狗被檢疫隔離了六個月。

來自《權威詞典》

3. The health officials placed the ship's crew in quarantine.

衛生官員將該船的全體船員隔離,進行檢疫.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. The ship is still in rigorous quarantine.

該船仍在接受嚴格的隔離檢疫.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. The quarantine is now abolished.

這項檢疫措施現已取消.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》