teenager

/ˈtiːneɪdʒə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈtiːneɪdʒər/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈtēn-ˌā-jər/ (ame, mw)

teenager — noun

  • teenagersingular
  • teenagersplural

1. someone who has passed childhood but has not yet become an adult, usually betwee

1.名詞A2
釋義

someone who has passed childhood but has not yet become an adult, usually between the ages of thirteen and nineteen.

例句

Madison started her first part-time job the summer before tenth grade, when she was a teenager.

time clause: when + was a teenager

Most teenagers check social media between classes in high school and again late at night.

同義詞
  • adolescent

    more formal or clinical; can refer to the biological stage, not just the age range

  • youth

    slightly formal; can cover a wider age range (roughly 15–24) or refer to young people as a group

  • teen

    informal shortening of teenager, common in casual speech and media

反義詞
  • adult

    someone who has reached full adulthood, roughly age 18 or older

  • child

    someone who has not yet reached teenage years

用法筆記

Teenager is a countable, everyday noun. The more formal equivalent is adolescent, which can refer to the biological stage of development as well as the age range.

常見錯誤

❌He is a teenage.
✅He is a teenager.
💡'teenage' is an adjective; the noun form for a person is 'teenager'.