teennoun詞源 1/ˈtiːn/

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  Synonym of teenager: a person between 13 and 19 years old (inclusive).

  • In the safety alert, the NTSB educates parents on the risks and outlines what they can do to protect their teens against marijuana-impaired driving.
  • Europeans have more success with generational outreach, but they start with younger age groups and provide a greater variety of all-youth activities. Rather than giving up hope, the YCN redirected its focus from teens to twens, particularly ...
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  derogatoryA black teenager or a young black person.

teenadj詞源 1/ˈtiːn/

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  Of or having to do with teenagers; teenage

  • teen fashion

teennoun詞源 2/ˈtiːn/

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  archaicGrief; sorrow; trouble.

  • In which the birds song many a lovely lay / Of Gods high praise, and of their loves sweet teene, / As it an earthly Paradize had beene […]
  • The Soldan changed hue for grief and teen, / On that sad book his shame and loss he lear'd.
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  archaicobsoleteVexation; anger; hate.

teenverb詞源 3/ˈtiːn/

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  obsoleteTo excite; to provoke; to vex; to afflict; to injure.

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  obsoleteTo become angry or distressed.

  • Þenne tened hym theologye · whan he þis tale herde

teenverb詞源 4/ˈtiːn/

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  obsoletedialectalTo close, to shut; to enclose, to hedge or fence in.

  • Hie tho' off […] or th' dur may be teen'd.
  • It is still heard in Devon , especially by older dialect speakers, in such expressions as “I'an't a-teen'd my eyes all night”; “Teen the door, will ' e?”