英语词汇“empty nester”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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ˌempty ˈnester

ˌempty ˈnester n. a parent whose children have left home.

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1958 Los Angeles Times 13 Apr. iv. 7/4 [The book] is aimed at the 60-and-up age group, but all empty nesters could profit by its points.

1980 Sunday Times 30 Mar. 50 The busy, well-off executive couple who either have no children or whose children have grown up and left. Americans call them ‘empty nesters’.

1992 Canad. Gardening June 11/3 The O'Donovans, self-described empty-nesters, were harvesting much more produce than they could use.

2011 Independent 2 Aug. (Viewspaper section) 19/2 And like many empty nesters, now that the dust has settled, I've got more energy.

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单词	empty nester
释义	> as lemmas ˌempty ˈnester ˌempty ˈnester n. a parent whose children have left home. ΚΠ 1958 Los Angeles Times 13 Apr. iv. 7/4 [The book] is aimed at the 60-and-up age group, but all empty nesters could profit by its points. 1980 Sunday Times 30 Mar. 50 The busy, well-off executive couple who either have no children or whose children have grown up and left. Americans call them ‘empty nesters’. 1992 Canad. Gardening June 11/3 The O'Donovans, self-described empty-nesters, were harvesting much more produce than they could use. 2011 Independent 2 Aug. (Viewspaper section) 19/2 And like many empty nesters, now that the dust has settled, I've got more energy. extracted from empty nestn.adj. < as lemmas
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