teen

英 [ˈtiːn]

美 [ˈtiːn]

n.  十几岁，青少年时期(指从 13 岁到 19 岁)
adj.  面向青少年的;由青少年完成的

复数：teens　

Collins.2 / BNC.8464 / COCA.2620

柯林斯词典

• N-PLURAL 十几岁，青少年时期(指从 13 岁到 19 岁)
  If you are in yourteens, you are between thirteen and nineteen years old.
  1. Most people who smoke began smoking in their teens...
     多数烟民从十几岁时就开始抽烟了。
  2. My late teens and early twenties were really rough years...
     我二十岁前后那几年过得真苦啊。
  3. I spent most of my teen years reading diet books.
     我青少年时期的大部分时间都用来阅读控制饮食的书籍了。
• ADJ 面向青少年的;由青少年完成的
  Teenis used to describe things such as films, magazines, bands, or activities that are aimed at or are done by people who are in their teens.
  1. ...a teen movie starring George Carlin...
     乔治·卡林主演的青春片
  2. Pop isn't pop without huge teen sensations.
     不能激起广大青少年热情的流行音乐就不能称其为流行音乐。
  3. ...teen violence.
     青少年暴力事件
• N-COUNT 青少年,十几岁的孩子(指从 13 岁到 19 岁)
  Ateenis someone aged between thirteen and nineteen years old.
  1. It used to be that any teen who wanted a summer job could get one.
     从前，十几岁的孩子到了暑假都能找着活干。

in BRIT, usually use 英国英语通常用 teenager

英英释义

noun

• a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
  Synonym:adolescentstriplingteenager

adj

• being of the age 13 through 19
  1. teenage mothers
  2. the teen years
  Synonym:adolescentteenageteenaged

双语例句

• Pop isn't pop without huge teen sensations.
  不能激起广大青少年热情的流行音乐就不能称其为流行音乐。
• He looks more like a stockbroker than a teen idol.
  他看起来不像是青少年偶像，而更像个股票经纪人。
• Readers, have you faced problems guiding your teen or young adult to dress appropriately?
  各位读者，你有没有同样的问题，需要引导自己十几岁或已经成年的孩子穿着得体？
• But there was just a modest effect on other common teen problems.
  但是对于其他常见的青少年问题只是有一个适度的影响。
• I heard him speak when I was teen.
  当我还是少年时，我曾听过他演讲。
• America proved its Bieber Fever was strong: The teen singer dominated the American Music Awards on Sunday night.
  美国证明了比伯热的强大：这位青少年歌手在周日晚上横扫全美音乐盛典。
• Some of these child prodigies have graduated from universities before even reaching their teen years.
  这类神童中的有些人在到达青少年年纪前就已大学毕业。
• Meanwhile in Africa they picked up words like voodoo and zombie kicking off the teen horror film.
  同时，他们在非洲学会了伏都教和僵尸这类词，直接导致了后来的青少年恐怖电影风潮。
• The discoveries serve as a new lens for exploring such teen behaviors as bullying and drug abuse.
  这些发现为我们探索青少年恃强凌弱和滥用毒品等行为提供了新的视角。
• The teen had a morbid fascination with violence.
  这名青少年对于暴力有著病态的迷恋。