teen: [OE] The element -teen (as in thirteen, fourteen, etc) originated as an inflected form of ten. The noun teen, usually used in the expression in one’s teens ‘from the ages of thirteen to nineteen’, was derived from it in the 17th century (‘Your poor young things, when they are once in the teens, think they shall never be married’, William Wycherley, Gentleman Dancing-Master 1673). The compound teenage is first recorded in 1921, teenager in 1941. => ten
teen (n.)
"teen-aged person," 1818 (but rare before 20c.), from -teen. As an adjective meaning "of or for teen-agers," from 1947.
雙語例句
1. I spent most of my teen years reading diet books.
我青少年時期的大部分時間都用來閱讀控制飲食的書籍了。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He looks more like a stockbroker than a teen idol.
他看起來不像是青少年偶像，而更像個股票經紀人。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Pop isn't pop without huge teen sensations.
不能激起廣大青少年熱情的流行音樂就不能稱其為流行音樂。
來自柯林斯例句
4. It used to be that any teen who wanted a summer job could get one.
從前，十幾歲的孩子到了暑假都能找著活干。
來自辭典例句
5. The teen - agers of our country all suffer the very good care.