lockdown

1. (countable, uncountable)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.

   Lockdown, Ausgangssperre, Abriegelung

   локда́унlokdáun, изоля́цияizoljácija, самоизоля́цияsamoizoljácija

   локда́унlokdáun, ізоля́ціяizoljácija

2. (US, countable, uncountable)A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting.

1. We are in lockdown.

   У нас локдаун.

   ruМы на карантине.

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2. How long will the lockdown last?

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3. The school is going on lockdown.

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4. The school is going into lockdown.

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5. The school went under a lockdown.

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