English Dictionary

empty nest

名詞

A home or a family where the children have grown up and moved away. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see empty, nest.

日本語の意味

子供が成長し、家を離れた家庭（または家）を指す。 / 親が子供の独立後に一人または夫婦だけで暮らす状態を表す。

After their youngest left for college, the couple realized their house felt like an empty nest.

末っ子が大学へ進学した後、夫婦は自分たちの家が子どもが成長して巣立った家のように感じることに気づいた。

意味（1）

A home or a family where the children have grown up and moved away.

One woman with a full-on and demanding career e-mailed me to say ‘This empty nest thing is no joke. I didn't realise it would hit me so hard. It is day three of my daughter being gone and I have to resist the urge to weep every time I go past her room.’

意味（2）

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see empty, nest.

empty nests （ plural ）