empty nest

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishempty nestempty nest (also empty nest syndrome)LEAVE A PLACE a situation in which parents become sad because their children have grown up and moved out of their house → emptyExamples from the Corpusempty nest• I am swimming away from my friends' deaths, from depression and an empty nest.• Many women enjoy an empty nest.• There will be no empty nest, no shedding of familial responsibilities and expense.• No one ever told me either that a stepmother could suffer so badly from empty nest syndrome.

单词	empty nest
释义	empty nest From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishempty nestempty nest (also empty nest syndrome)LEAVE A PLACE a situation in which parents become sad because their children have grown up and moved out of their house → emptyExamples from the Corpusempty nest• I am swimming away from my friends' deaths, from depression and an empty nest.• Many women enjoy an empty nest.• There will be no empty nest, no shedding of familial responsibilities and expense.• No one ever told me either that a stepmother could suffer so badly from empty nest syndrome.
随便看	ground crew ground floor Ground Force ground forces ground glass ground in ground level ground plan ground rent ground rules ground somebody in something ground squirrel ground staff ground stroke ground support ground troops ground zero groundbreaking grounded grounder groundhog Groundhog Day grounding groundless groundnut