teenager• I am considered to be fairly outgoing but as a teenager I was painfully shy.• Handsome Gilbey has known Diana since she first moved to London as a teenager.• RiverPhoenix became a famousactor while still a teenager.• The Teesside-born star trained as a Methodist local preacher when he was a teenager in Middlesbrough, but is now an atheist.• Imagine all the troublehordes of tots and teenagers can get into with nothing to do all day but hang around.• The survey shows that four out of five teenagers have experimented with illegal drugs.• Gapstores has hired as its primary image-maker a man who helped convince thousands of teenagers to buy Calvin Klein perfume.• Very often teenager girls become physically inhibited.• Several teenagers have died after smoking or drinking the leaves or seeds of the datura shrub, found in woodland.• Take time to talk to your teenagers.
ADJECTIVE➤older, young十七八歲的青少年;十四五歲的少年◇a young teenager of fourteen14 歲的少年➤normal, typical正常的/典型的少年◇She's just acting like a normal teenager.她的舉止和正常少年無二。➤awkward, gawky, shy難管教的/粗笨腼腆的/害羞的少年➤fresh-faced朝氣蓬勃的少年➤impressionable易受影響的少年➤moody, rebellious, stroppy, informal) , sulky, surly, troublesome喜怒無常的/叛逆的/性情暴躁的/慍怒的/乖戾的/令人厭煩的少年▸➤angst-ridden, depressed, troubled憂心忡忡的/情緒低落的/苦惱的少年➤bored空虛無聊的少年➤drunken, rowdy, unruly醉酒的/鬧哄哄的/不羈的少年◇Residents have been disturbed by large groups of rowdy teenagers.居民被一群群鬧哄哄的青少年攪擾得不得安寧。➤horny (informal) 情慾旺盛的青少年➤pimply, spotty (BrE) 臉上長粉刺的青少年➤gangly瘦長的青少年◇He had grown from a tall, gangly teenager to a handsome young man.他已從瘦長的少年成長為英俊的小伙。➤lovesick (oftenfigurative) 害相思病的少年◇He's acting like a lovesick teenager.他的舉動像一個害相思病的少年。