tween
tween 英 [twiːn] 美 [twin]
prep. 在两者之间 adv. 中间地
名词复数:tweens
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- prep. 在两者之间
- adv. 中间地
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1. If your tween suddenly decides that he wants to be a vegetarian, there are few things you need to know.
如果你上小学的孩子突然决定要作一个素食者，有一些事情你需要先了解。
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2. They have become "tween" sensations whose fashion tastes and styles rival Miley Cyrus, star of the Disney Channel's Hannah Montana TV series, in terms of influencing youngsters.
她们成为了青少年（"tween"，指8到12岁间的儿童）中的轰动人物，其时尚品位和风格，在对青少年的影响方面，堪与迪斯尼频道系列电视剧《Hannah Montana》中的明星麦莉·赛勒斯（Miley Cyrus）相匹敌。
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3. The books I picked up the most often were in the tween reading level — that tricky age between 9 and 13, where sometimes you feel like a kid and sometimes you feel like an adult.
我经常捧读的书是适合吞世代水平的——是9--13岁那段有欺骗性的年龄段，有时候你觉得自己是个小孩子，有时候又觉得自己像个成年人。
- tween (prep.) also 'tween, c. 1300 as an abbreviation of between. As a noun meaning "child nearing puberty" (approximately ages 9 to 12), attested by 1988, in this case by influence of teen. Tolkien uses it in "Lord of the Rings" for "the irresponsible twenties between [Hobbit] childhood and coming of age at thirty-three." Earlier in this sense was subteen (1952). Related: Tweens. Tweenie or tweeny was a term (late 19c.-early 20c.) for "between-maid, a servant who assists two others" and was used in reference to other persons or objects in intermediary situations. And 'tween-age (adj.) was used in descriptions of clothing from 1937. Tween-ager is attested from 1946.
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