quarantining
Chinese meaning
隔离检疫
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Example
Seven American aid workers who had been in Congo to fight the Ebola outbreak are quarantining at a new isolation facility in Kenya
曾在刚果抗击埃博拉疫情的七名美国援助人员，正在肯尼亚一处新建隔离设施接受隔离检疫。
Source: The Guardian · 17 Jul 2026
Background ✎
Roots · etymology
源自意大利语 quaranta(四十)
- quarantine(隔离,源自四十天检疫期)+ -ing(现在分词后缀)
Collocations
- quarantine facility / under quarantine / self-quarantine
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