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): /ˈkwɔɹ.ən.tin/, /ˈkɔɹ.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”).

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, 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.

2. Such official detention of a ship at or off port due to suspicion that it may be carrying a contagious disease aboard.
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.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

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

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

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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