a period of time when an animal or a person that has or may have a disease is kept away from others in order to prevent the disease from spreading (为防传染的)检疫,隔离期 - in quarantine
The dog was kept in quarantine for six months. 这条狗被检疫隔离了六个月。 quarantine regulations 检疫的规定
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- strict
- enforce
- keep somebody/something in
- put somebody/something in
- …
- period
- zone
- facility
- …
- in quarantine
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Italian quarantina ‘forty days’, from quaranta ‘forty’.- in quarantine