quarantine

• vt. 检疫；隔离；使隔离
• n. 检疫；隔离；检疫期；封锁
• vi. 实行隔离

来自拉丁语quadraginta,四十，来自quadr-,四，-gin,十，词源同ten,dean.现词义来自17世纪意大利威尼斯港对来自瘟疫区的商品和货物实行的四十天隔离检验以确保瘟疫不会入境。

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.
=> quarter

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，所有的哺乳动物进入这个国家都必须经过长期隔离。

来自柯林斯例句

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

这条狗被检疫隔离了六个月。

来自《权威词典》

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

卫生官员将该船的全体船员隔离,进行检疫.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. The ship is still in rigorous quarantine.

该船仍在接受严格的隔离检疫.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. The quarantine is now abolished.

这项检疫措施现已取消.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》