teenagers
/ˈtiːnˌeɪ.dʒər/ (bre, ipa) · [tˈinˌedʒɚz] /ˈtiːnˌeɪ.dʒɚ/ (ame, ipa) · [tˈinˌedʒɚz] /ˈtēn-ˌā-jər How to pronounce teenager (audio)/ (ame, mw)
teenagers — noun
1. a person aged 13 to 19, at the stage between childhood and adulthood.
a person aged 13 to 19, at the stage between childhood and adulthood.
Eitan spends most of his free time at the skate park with other teenagers.
Aoi started her first part-time job when she was a teenager.
countable sing/pl: ‘a teenager’ / ‘teenagers’
The programme is designed to help teenagers develop job skills.
Sirin’s parents remember their own teenage years as a time of big changes.
Many teenagers worry about exams, friends, and what to do after school.
- adolescent
more formal or medical in tone, used in psychology and academic writing
- teen
informal, common in everyday speech and journalism
- youth
broader range (roughly 15–24); can sound more positive or official
文法句型
teenager(s) + plural verb
常見錯誤
❖ ‘I have a teen age brother’ ✅ ‘I have a teenage brother.’ — ‘teen age’ is not one word; the adjective form is ‘teenage’.
❖ ‘My son is a teenager old.’ ✅ ‘My son is a teenager.’ — ‘teenager’ already means a person of that age; do not add ‘old’.