| 单词 | in quarantine | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasin quarantine  a.  Originally: isolation imposed on newly arrived travellers in order to prevent the spread of disease; a period of time spent in such isolation. Later also: such isolation applied to a person or animal known to be suffering from an infectious disease or to the contacts of a such a person or animal, or to newly imported animals, plants, or inanimate objects. Also: the fact or practice of imposing isolation or of being isolated in this way. Frequently in  in quarantine. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > 			[noun]		 > good health > state of being conducive to > non-infectious condition > quarantine quarantine1649 quarantain1669 cordon1826 isolation1891 purdah1912 society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > 			[noun]		 > period of quarantine1879 1649    Moderate Intelligencer No. 236. 2279  				From Toulon... Our Gallyes which were upon the point of finishing their Quarantaine, and entering into this Port, have been hindred from it by th'arrival of three others that were out a roaming. 1663    S. Pepys Diary 26 Nov. 		(1971)	 IV. 399  				Making of all ships coming from thence..to perform their Quarantine (for 30 days as Sir Richard Browne expressed it..contrary to the import of the word; though in the general acceptation, it signifies now the thing, not the time spent in doing it). 1691    N. Luttrell Diary in  Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs 		(1857)	 II. 185  				Those that come from Naples..are obliged to perform a quarantine before they come to Rome, because of the plague in that Kingdom. 1722    D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 235  				Not a Quarentine of Days only, but Soixantine, not only 40 Days but 60 Days or longer. 1757    tr.  J. G. Keyssler Trav. II. 444  				At present a lazaretto has been built upon a rock near this place; this island being the place appointed for performing quarantine [1758 Quarentines], on account of the salubrity of the air. 1796    E. Darwin Zoonomia II. 265  				This dreadful malady might be annihilated by making all the dogs in Great Britain perform a kind of quarantine, by shutting them up for a certain number of weeks. 1824    Ld. Byron Let. 21 Feb. 		(1981)	 XI. 118  				Six Englishmen will be soon in Quarantine at Zante—they..have had enough of Greece in fourteen days. 1855    C. Dickens Little Dorrit 		(1857)	  i. ii. 12  				‘Now, I ask you,’ said Mr. Meagles... ‘I ask you simply as between man and man..did you ever hear of such damned nonsense as putting Pet in quarantine?’ 1859    J. M. Jephson  & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany vi. 77  				The lepers often sought a voluntary death as the only escape from their perpetual quarantine. 1879    Investigation of Diseases of Swine (Special Rep. No. 12, U.S. Dept. Agric.) 151  				All strange hogs must be kept in quarantine for fourteen days before being allowed to run with healthy kept or enforced herds. 1913–14    Wellcome's Nurse's Diary 209  				Isolation required after exposure to: Asiatic Cholera..12 days' quarantine. 1922    Encycl. Brit. XXX. 925/2  				Formerly great stress was laid on the value of quarantine; all plant imports were grown in a quarantine ground under the supervision of a Government botanist until it was certain that they had no disease. 1971    Sci. Amer. Oct. 49/2  				To guard against the possibility..of introducing pathogenic organisms from the moon, the lunar samples were placed in quarantine for seven weeks. 2000    Independent 28 Feb.  i. 5/1  				The pet travel scheme, which came into effect at midnight last night, allows pet owners to bring their cats and dogs back into Britain from 22 countries without the need for quarantine. < as lemmas  | 
	
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