English Dictionary

lockdown

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈlɒkˌdaʊn/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 アメリカ英語

The confinement of people in their own rooms (e.g., in a school) or cells (in a prison), or to their own homes or areas (e.g., in the case of a city- or nation-wide issue) as a security measure after or amid a disturbance or as a non-pharmaceutical intervention in a pandemic.

日本語の意味

治安上の理由やパンデミックなどの非常事態において、個人の自由な移動を制限し、特定の施設や地域、都市、国家全体で人々を自宅や指定された区域に留め置く措置。 / 例として、学校での各教室内での隔離、刑務所での個室閉鎖、または感染症対策としての外出自粛などが挙げられる。 / これにより、外部との接触を断ち、事態の拡大防止を目的として実施される。

After the protest turned violent, the authorities declared a lockdown, ordering residents to remain in their homes until further notice.

抗議が暴力化した後、当局は外出禁止措置を宣言し、住民は追って通知があるまで自宅にとどまるよう命じられた。

意味（1）

The confinement of people in their own rooms (e.g., in a school) or cells (in a prison), or to their own homes or areas (e.g., in the case of a city- or nation-wide issue) as a security measure after or amid a disturbance or as a non-pharmaceutical intervention in a pandemic.

At the time of writing, no decisions had been made by the Government as to when or how lockdown restrictions might begin to be lifted. However, discussions were taking place in the industry about how social distancing could be maintained on the railway if some patronage were to return soon.

意味（2）

(US) A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting.

The rafts were made up of strings of logs about seventeen feet wide, held together by poles across them. Each log was pinned to the poles by wooden pegs and lockdowns.

lockdowns （ plural ）