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单词 lazaretto
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lazaretto

/ˌlazəˈrɛtəʊ /
noun (plural lazarettos) historical
1An isolation hospital for people with infectious diseases, especially leprosy or plague.A public meeting was held in 1911 in which ‘the citizens of Johannesburg strongly condemn the conditions of the lazaretto [isolation hospital] and call upon the Government to take immediate steps to remedy the present state of affairs’....
  • In 1785 the reformer turned his attention to plague prevention, examining lazarettos in France, Italy and Turkey - and deliberately experiencing quarantine in Venice.
  • He later turned his attention to the problems of the lazarettos of the East.
1.1A military or prison hospital.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Italian, diminutive of lazzaro 'beggar', from medieval Latin lazarus (see lazar).

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