Empty nest
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空巢, 空家
a stage in a family's life when the children have grown up and left home, leaving the parents living alone
语法信息
有生性状态
抽象
形态构成
复合词
可数
singular
not gender specific
复数形式
empty nests
例子
After their youngest child moved out for college, the couple experienced the quiet of an empty nest for the first time in decades.
在他们最小的孩子离家上大学后，这对夫妇几十年来第一次体验到了空巢的宁静。
