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

• Sharp drops in participation are seen between young girls ( 6-12) and teen girls ( age13-17).
  年轻女孩（6-12）和十几岁的女孩（13-17岁）户外运动参与者急剧下降。
• A year later, she played a teen in the made-for-TV monster movie Triassic Attack.
  一年后，她在一部后期制作成电视剧的怪兽电影《三迭纪来袭》中扮演一个少女。
• People ask me if I regret wasting my last teen years on becoming a singer.
  人们问我是否后悔浪费我最后的青葱岁月去做一位歌手。
• Do you think the more relaxed Dutch attitude toward drug use is associated with views on teen sex?
  你认为荷兰人对毒品更为宽松的态度与对青少年性行为的看法有关系吗？
• Most people who smoke began smoking in their teens
  多数烟民从十几岁时就开始抽烟了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He also wanted to show his character changing from a rebellious teen into a much more troubled young man.
  他还希望展示出他的角色从一个叛逆少年向一个更加困扰的青年的转变。