teen
Word family adjectiveteenageteenagednounteenagerteen
teen1 /tiːn/ ●●○ noun [countableC] 
1. American EnglishAmE informalSYYOUNG a teenager （青）少年，十几岁的孩子
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。
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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.
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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.
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
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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.
(1900-2000) teenage