empty nester

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person whose children have grown up and left home.
    — In recent years, however, the “syndrome” aspect of becoming an empty nester has receded to the background as Ageless Explorers have begun to embrace the years when they are free to play and do as they want again.

词形变化

empty nesters plural

词源

Etymology tree
English empty nest
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English empty nester
From empty nest + -er.
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