transcription, транскрипция: [ kwɒrənti:n, AM kwɔ:r- ]
( quarantines, quarantining, quarantined)
1.
If a person or animal is in quarantine , they are being kept separate from other people or animals for a set period of time, usually because they have or may have a disease.
She was sent home to Oxford and put in quarantine...
N-UNCOUNT : oft in/into n
2.
If people or animals are quarantined , they are stopped from having contact with other people or animals. If a place is quarantined , people and animals are prevented from entering or leaving it.
Dogs have to be quarantined for six months before they’ll let them in.
VERB : usu passive , be V-ed