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teenage
青少年的；十几岁的
relating to people aged between 13 and 19
- 1.
Of or relating to an age between thirteen and nineteen years old.
十三岁至十九岁之间的；青少年的。
十三岁至十九岁之间的；青少年的。；十三岁到十九岁的
In use
She showed me a picture of her teenage son.
Many adults look back on their teenage years with mixed feelings.
The film realistically portrays the challenges of teenage life.
teenage + noun (plural or uncountable)
用于复数或不可数名词前，通常不加冠词。
Teenage fashion is constantly changing.
青少年时尚在不断变化。
determiner + teenage + singular countable noun
单数可数名词前需加冠词或限定词。
He is a teenage boy who loves sports.
他是一个热爱运动的十几岁男孩。
Common mistakes
He is a teenage.He is a teenager.
teenage是形容词，不能直接用作名词表示青少年。正确名词形式是teenager。
Teenage is a time of change.Teenage years are a time of change.
teenage作为形容词不能单独作主语，需要修饰名词，如teenage years。
Connections
Collocations
- teenage years
- 青少年时期
- She had a tough time during her teenage years.她青少年时期过得很艰难。
- teenage girl
- 少女
- The teenage girl was nervous about her exams.那个少女对考试感到紧张。
- teenage boy
- 少年
- The teenage boy loves playing video games.那个少年喜欢玩电子游戏。
- teenage pregnancy
- 少女怀孕
- Teenage pregnancy can have serious consequences.少女怀孕可能带来严重后果。
- teenage rebellion
- 青少年叛逆
- His teenage rebellion caused a lot of arguments at home.他的青少年叛逆在家里引起了很多争吵。
- teenage angst
Learner notes
Memory Tip
teen（十几）+ age（年龄）= 青少年的年龄，记住teen是十三到十九的后缀。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：adolescence、youth、education 通常用于描述青少年时期的相关事物，语域中性，既可用于正式场合（如学术讨论）也可用于非正式日常对话。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words like page, age, stage, cage, and wage share the '-age' ending with teenage and rhyme with its second syllable /neɪdʒ/. However, 'teen' (as in teenager) has the same beginning but a different pronunciation /tiːn/ and does not rhyme.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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