[mass noun]a state, period, or place of isolation in which people or animals that have arrived from elsewhere or been exposed to infectious or contagious disease are placed 隔离;隔离期;隔离区;检疫;检疫期;检疫区,检疫站 many animals die in quarantine. 许多动物死于隔离期。
verb
[with obj.]impose such isolation on (a person, animal, or place); put in quarantine 将(人,动物,地方)隔离,对…检疫
语源
mid 17th cent.: from Italian quarantina 'forty days', from quaranta 'forty'