empty nest syndrome
noun[U]
uk/emp.ti ˈnest ˌsɪn.drəʊm/us/emp.ti ˈnest ˌsɪn.droʊm/thesadfeelingsthatparentshave whentheirchildrengrowup andleavehome:
空巢综合症(指父母因子女长大离家而郁郁寡欢)The last of herchildrenhadrecentlymovedout and she wassufferingfromemptynestsyndrome.她最小的孩子最近搬出去住了,她倍受空巢综合症的煎熬。
Making people sad, shocked and upset
- aback
- amiss
- appal
- be laughing on the other side ofyourfaceidiom
- bite
- haunt
- heartbreaker
- heartbreakingly
- hit/touch a (raw) nerveidiom
- horrify
- mess
- nerve
- sensitivity
- shakesomeoneout ofsomething
- shakesomeoneup
- shake/rocksomethingtoitsfoundationsidiom
- shattering
- shocker
- tear
- toxic