单词 | teenagehood |
释义 | teenagehoodn. Originally North American. The condition or state of being a teenager. Also: the teenage years; the period of time between thirteen and nineteen years of age (inclusive). ΚΠ 1934 Sunday News & Tribune (Jefferson City, Missouri) 14 Oct. 14 a/2 He has been robbed of his childhood, his 'teen-age-hood, his young manhood. 1960 Salt Lake Tribune 23 Oct. (This Week Mag.) 17/1 Like most young women who have not yet graduated from the ranks of teen-agehood, Shahnaz likes to dance and listen to Frank Sinatra records. 1975 Economist 25 Oct. (Suppl.) 39/2 The kids [of black families in American cities]..are often left on the scrapheap through teenagehood because of high unemployment for the young unskilled. 1995 S. Parkin in J. Goldsworthy Mothers by Daughters 106 By the time I hit teenagehood and my hormones were whizzing about my body in an uncontrolled, manic state, the inevitable teenage revolt had entered my orbit. 2006 Time Out N.Y. 13 July 137/2 The Impossible Shapes is an Indiana band that's been together since teenagehood. 2017 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 26 July (Opinion section) 16 Yes, I recognise myself as being a sanctimonious, self-indulgent prat, but that's what teenagehood is! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1934 |
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