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.
双语例句
1. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
2. He looks more like a stockbroker than a teen idol.
他看起来不像是青少年偶像，而更像个股票经纪人。
来自柯林斯例句
3. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
4. 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。
来自辞典例句
5. The teen - agers of our country all suffer the very good care.