| 释义 |
teen
I. \ˈtēn\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English tene, from Old English tēona injury, anger, grief; akin to Old Frisian tiona injury, Old Saxon tiono, Old Norse tjōn, and perhaps to Greek daiein to kindle, burn up, Sanskrit dunoti he burns, distresses
1. obsolete : injury, damage, hurt
2. chiefly Scotland : irritation, anger
3. archaic : grief, misery, affliction
< with public toil and private teen thou sank'st alone — Matthew Arnold >
II.
variant of tind
III. adjective
Etymology: -teen (as in thirteen)
: teenage
< about the beginning of the teen period — John Ruskin > |