quarantineとは

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɒɹ.ən.tiːn/, /ˈkwɒɹ.ən.taɪn/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɑɹ.ən.tin/, /ˈkwɔɹ.ən.tin/

語源 1

Directly from Latin quadraginta (“forty”)

名詞

quarantine (複数形 quarantines)

1. A 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”), from quarantina giorni (“forty days”), (the period Venetians customarily kept ships from plague-ridden countries waiting off port), from quaranta (“forty”), from Latin quadraginta (“forty”)

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 to be infected.
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.
5. (by extension) Any rigorous measure of isolation, regardless of the reason.
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 virus are stored.

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