quarantineとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɒɹ.ən.tiːn/, /ˈkwɒɹ.ən.taɪn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈk(w)ɔɹ.ən.tin/
• (NYC) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɑɹ.ən.tin/

語源 1

From Middle English quarentine, from Medieval Latin quarentīna (“forty days”), from Latin quadrāgintā (“forty”).

別の表記

• quarantain, quarentene (廃れた用法)

名詞

quarantine (複数形 quarantines)

1. The desert in which Christ fasted for 40 days according to the Bible.
2. A grace period of 40 days during which a widow has the right to remain in her dead husband's home, regardless of the inheritance.

語源 2

From Italian quarantina (“forty days”), the period Venetians customarily kept ships from plague-ridden countries waiting off port,^[1] from quaranta (“forty”), from Latin quadrāgintā.

名詞

quarantine (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 quarantines)

1. A sanitary measure to prevent the spread of a contagious plague by isolating those believed or feared to be infected.
   • 2020 March 20, Keoni Everington, “Next 14 days are critical for Taiwan's Wuhan virus battle: Tsai”, in Taiwan News‎^[1]:

     2. Tsai called on the public not to incite hatred or blame others for the epidemic. She then offered thanks to everyone who has dutifully followed home quarantine and self-health management protocols.

   The tourists were put into quarantine for fear they would infect the locals.

2. Such official detention of a ship at or off port due to suspicion that it may be carrying a contagious disease aboard.
   • 1831, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Romance and Reality, volume 1, pages 137-138:

     The lady stared; but a single question elicited the fatal truth—the vessel was under quarantine, and once on board there was no quitting it.

3. A certain place for isolating persons suspected of suffering from a contagious disease.
4. A certain period of time during which a person is isolated to determine whether they've been infected with a contagious disease.

   Singaporeans coming into Singapore from India would have to quarantine for 21 days at a dedicated facility.

5. (by extension) Any rigorous measure of isolation, regardless of the reason.

   Singapore went into a circuit breaker quarantine where gatherings of any size was prohibited.

6. A record system kept by port health authorities in order to monitor and prevent the spread of contagious diseases.
7. (computing) A place where email messages or other files which are suspected of harboring a computer virus are stored.

派生語

• quarantine flag

動詞

quarantine (三人称単数 現在形 quarantines, 現在分詞 quarantining, 過去形および過去分詞形 quarantined)

1. To retain in obligatory isolation or separation, as a sanitary measure to prevent the spread of contagious disease.
2. To put in isolation as if by quarantine

派生語

• quarantinable
• quarantined
• quarantiner
• self-quarantine

Further reading

• quarantine on Wikipedia.

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