| 释义 |
tweenie, n. colloq. (orig. U.S.).
Brit. |ˈtwiːni|, U.S. |ˈtwini|
Forms: 19– tweenie, 19– tweeny
[‹ 'tween prep. + -y suffix6 Compare later tween n.2
With later use compare teeny n.]
= teeny n.
1919N.Y. Times 9 Feb. 10 (advt.) Being a ‘tweeny’ isn't much fun. To a Miss of fourteen summers, the little girl styles are odious. And the womanly styles are worse. 1987Random House Dict (ed. 2) at 'Tween, Tweeny, a youngster between 10 and 12 years of age, considered too old to be a child and too young to be a teenager. 1991Independent (Nexis) 16 May 18 This girl has just had the chance encounter that millions of teens and tweenies around the world would die for. 1993Globe & Mail (Toronto) 12 Oct. a1/1 Until recently, no one paid much attention to them. Now, they're the darlings of both TV advertisers and programmers. They are the ‘tweenies’—the children aged 8 to 14 who..somehow fell between the cracks. 1998Independent on Sunday 22 Feb. i. 6/3 Channel 4 is less constrained and is able to make programmes for niche audiences such as tweenies. |