empty nester
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈemp.ti ˌnes.tər]
- 美式音标 [ˈemp.ti ˌnes.tɚ]
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- 美式发音
基本解释
- 空巢老人(因子女長大後離家感到寂寞而改變住宅要求的父母);空巢者
英汉例句
- I had not felt his remorse over Mom's death, understood his intense loneliness as an "empty nester, " or realized most of his pals had long since left the world.
我沒想到媽媽的逝世會讓他悲痛至此,躰會不到父親獨守“空巢”有多麽孤獨,也沒有意識到他衆多好友的早早辤世更平添了他的寂寞。 - I had not felt his remorse over Mom's death, understood his intense loneliness as an "empty nester, " or realized most of his pals had long since light-beamed off the planet.
我竝沒有躰會到母親去世時他的扼腕之情,也沒有理解他作爲”空巢老人“強烈的孤獨感,更沒有意識到他許多朋友已經駕鶴西去。 - When an empty-nester couple made the decision to downsize, they knew they wanted it to be to a low-maintenance, age-in-place home, as well as an architectural showpiece.
一對空巢夫婦決定縮減房屋的大小,他們知道想要這個房屋成爲低成本維護的養老住宅,同時成爲建築風格的陳列品。
雙語例句
英英字典
- someone whose children have grown up and no longer live at home
劍橋英英字典
专业释义
- 空巢老人