「teenager」

n. 十几岁的青少年；十三岁到十九岁的少年

英 ['tiːneɪdʒə]美 ['tinedʒɚ]

权威例句

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。
   来自柯林斯例句
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。
   来自柯林斯例句
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。
   来自柯林斯例句
4. As a teenager he attended Tulse Hill Senior High School.
   十几岁时，他上了塔尔斯山高中。
   来自柯林斯例句
5. He was acting like a lovelorn teenager.
   他表现得像个害单相思的少年。
   来自柯林斯例句

英语词源

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.