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单词 self-quarantined
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self-quarantinedadj.

Brit. /ˌsɛlfˈkwɒrəntiːnd/, /ˌsɛlfˈkwɒrn̩tiːnd/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfˈkwɔrənˌtind/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, quarantined adj. at quarantine v. Derivatives.
Etymology: < self- prefix + quarantined adj. at quarantine v. Derivatives. Compare slightly earlier self-quarantine n., and later self-quarantine v.
Of a person or group: that has undertaken isolation in a house, hotel, or other location in order to avoid transmitting an infectious disease, (now) esp. as one of a number of public health measures designed to inhibit its spread; (also) that has undertaken such isolation in order to avoid catching an infectious disease. Often in predicative use. Cf. self-isolated adj.
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1878 St. Louis (Missouri) Globe-Democrat 15 Aug. 4/3 Self-immured, self-incarcerated, self-quarantined, they [sc. the inhabitants of Eyam in Derbyshire] abode within the fatal limits they themselves had measured and meted out.
1888 Perry (Iowa) Chief 27 Jan. No one was sick in the house but the self-quarantined woman.
1922 H. W. Lanier Cent. Banking N.Y. i. 9 Charles Mathews..was self-quarantined because he could not bring himself to face the risks of landing... [He was] in a state of extreme mental perturbation over the news that a hundred and forty people had died.
2020 Waterloo (Ont.) Region Record (Nexis) 15 Feb. a5 More than 50 volunteers..have helped about 30 self-quarantined families or individuals in Kitchener or Waterloo.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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