teen

Word family adjectiveteenageteenagednounteenagerteen

teen1 /tiːn/ noun [countableC]

1. American EnglishAmE informalSYYOUNG a teenager （青）少年，十几岁的孩子

2 teens [plural] your teens is the period of your life when you are between 13 and 19 years old 青少年时期〔13到19岁之间的阶段〕

be in your teens

She was in her teens when she met him.

她遇到他时才十几岁。

early/late teens

We moved to York when I was in my early teens.

我十三四岁时我们搬到了约克。

Examples from the Corpus

early/late teens• There were four black guys in the car, late teens to early 20s.• By her early teens she was under contract to a management firm.• But in her late teens she lost interest.• Tijuana in the late teens already was developing the reputation of a wide-open town.• Iced teas, especially Snapple and Arizona, have been hits with consumers in their late teens and early 20s.• As I got nearer, I saw they were young people, mostly in their late teens and early twenties.• The trick facing the milk industry is to keep kids in the milk habit into their late teens.

Examples from the Corpus

teen• Marijuana use by teens doubled between 1992 and 1995.• The teen said yes, Arancibia told police, and the three teens surrounded the couple.• The law exempts youths accompanied by adults, working teens and married teens.

Related topics: Youth

teen2 adjectiveadj [only before noun] informal

SSYrelating to teenagers or used by teenagers 青少年的，十几岁孩子的 SYN teenage

a rock star and teen idol

一位摇滚歌星兼青春偶像

a teen magazine

一本青少年杂志

Examples from the Corpus

teen• teen actresses• Yes, teen birth rates have gone down a little of late.• The resulting book falls somewhere between the teen diary / confessional genre and the academic feminist treatise.• There is a growing recognition of the debilitating effects of teen drug use, teen pregnancy and violence.• Brown is a big color at the teen level.• Next up could be photos in teen magazines and fan letters.• So alarming is the frequency of adolescent childbirth that President Clinton recently announced a community-oriented campaign to prevent teen pregnancy.• teen smoking• In fact, over the past four years, total teen volunteer hours increased by a magnificent 17 percent.

Origin teen1

(1900-2000) teenage

词汇	teen
释义	teen Word family adjectiveteenageteenagednounteenagerteen teen1 /tiːn/ ●●○ noun [countableC] 1. American EnglishAmE informalSYYOUNG a teenager （青）少年，十几岁的孩子 2 teens [plural] your teens is the period of your life when you are between 13 and 19 years old 青少年时期〔13到19岁之间的阶段〕 be in your teens She was in her teens when she met him. 她遇到他时才十几岁。 early/late teens We moved to York when I was in my early teens. 我十三四岁时我们搬到了约克。 Examples from the Corpus early/late teens• There were four black guys in the car, late teens to early 20s.• By her early teens she was under contract to a management firm.• But in her late teens she lost interest.• Tijuana in the late teens already was developing the reputation of a wide-open town.• Iced teas, especially Snapple and Arizona, have been hits with consumers in their late teens and early 20s.• As I got nearer, I saw they were young people, mostly in their late teens and early twenties.• The trick facing the milk industry is to keep kids in the milk habit into their late teens. Examples from the Corpus teen• Marijuana use by teens doubled between 1992 and 1995.• The teen said yes, Arancibia told police, and the three teens surrounded the couple.• The law exempts youths accompanied by adults, working teens and married teens. Related topics: Youth teen2 adjectiveadj [only before noun] informal SSYrelating to teenagers or used by teenagers 青少年的，十几岁孩子的 SYN teenage a rock star and teen idol 一位摇滚歌星兼青春偶像 a teen magazine 一本青少年杂志 Examples from the Corpus teen• teen actresses• Yes, teen birth rates have gone down a little of late.• The resulting book falls somewhere between the teen diary / confessional genre and the academic feminist treatise.• There is a growing recognition of the debilitating effects of teen drug use, teen pregnancy and violence.• Brown is a big color at the teen level.• Next up could be photos in teen magazines and fan letters.• So alarming is the frequency of adolescent childbirth that President Clinton recently announced a community-oriented campaign to prevent teen pregnancy.• teen smoking• In fact, over the past four years, total teen volunteer hours increased by a magnificent 17 percent. Origin teen1 (1900-2000) teenage
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