empty nester
音標(biāo)發(fā)音
- 英式音標(biāo) [?emp.ti ?nes.t?r]
- 美式音標(biāo) [?emp.ti ?nes.t?]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- 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
英漢例句
- 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(huì)讓他悲痛至此,躰會(huì)不到父親獨(dú)守“空巢”有多麼孤獨(dú),也沒有意識到他衆(zhòng)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(huì)到母親去世時(shí)他的扼腕之情,也沒有理解他作爲(wèi)”空巢老人“強(qiáng)烈的孤獨(dú)感,更沒有意識到他許多朋友已經(jīng)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(gè)房屋成爲(wèi)低成本維護(hù)的養(yǎng)老住宅,同時(shí)成爲(wèi)建築風(fēng)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
專業(yè)釋義
- 空巢老人