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teenager

英 ['tiːneɪdʒə] 美 ['tinedʒɚ]

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解释

n. 十几岁的青少年；十三岁到十九岁的少年

※ 提供单词"teenager"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

英文词源

teenager (n.): also teen ager, teen-ager; 1922, derived noun from teenage (q.v.). The earlier word for this was teener, attested in American English from 1894, and teen had been used as a noun to mean "teen-aged person" in 1818, though this was not common before 20c.

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例句和用法

1. The teenager may have been abducted by a religious cult.: 这个少年可能被一个异教组织绑架了。

2. She was the ideal American teenager, both on and off screen.: 无论是在荧幕上还是在生活中，她都是人们心目中完美的美国青少年。

3. She was a child prodigy, giving concerts before she was a teenager.: 她是个神童，十来岁不到就举办音乐会了。

4. As a teenager he attended Tulse Hill Senior High School.: 十几岁时，他上了塔尔斯山高中。

5. He was acting like a lovelorn teenager.: 他表现得像个害单相思的少年。