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词汇 tweener
释义 tweener
noun[ C ]
USuk /ˈtwiː.nər/ us /ˈtwiː.nɚ/

tweenernoun[C] (YOUNG PERSON)


a young person between the ages of approximately eight and twelve: (年龄大约在8到10岁之间的)少年
tweener girls/boys
One day your tweener is happy to be seen with you in public and the next they are not.
Synonyms
tween
tweenager
She describes these films as tweener movies.
They sell "tweener" phones that are more than feature phones but not at the premium end of the smartphone market.
A crowd of tweeners waited for a glimpse of the pop icon.
It's a tweener play that's slightly more sophisticated than typical children's drama.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Describing people who are young
adolescent
adolescently
at your mother's kneeidiom
be knee-high to a grasshopperidiom
flower
fresh-faced
juvenility
knee-high
little
mother
pre-puberty
prepubescent
pubescent
tender
tweenager
underage
ya
yoof
young
young adult

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:


Young people

tweenernoun[C] (SPORTS PLAYER)


a player who has some of the necessary skills or qualities for each of two or more positions, especially in football or basketball:
She is a tweener playing out of position.
Coaches thought of him as a tweener, somewhere between an undersized power forward and an oversized small forward.
He projects as a tweener between center and power forward in the NBA.
He is a tweener who doesn't perfectly fit into either position.
He's regarded as a double tweener: neither power forward nor small forward in size or skills.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Competitors & participants in sports & games
anchorman
attacker
back four
baller
ballplayer
challenger
competitor
jumper
keeper
logroller
long-jumper
longboarder
major league
mid-table
retire
torero
toxophilite
traceur
trampolinist
trialist

Examples of tweener


tweener
In between the two is the domain of the tweener, who has characteristics of both, but does not truly fit into either category.
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A tweener has a set of skills that do not match the traditional position of his physical stature.
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These are the stroker, cranker and tweener styles.
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A small forward who can play as a power forward may be known as a hybrid forward, cornerman or tweener.
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To counter this, this tweener could play as a swingman.
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Wrestlers portrayed a hero, villain or a tweener as they followed a series of events that built tension, and culminated in a wrestling match or a series of matches.
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He gradually rose to mid-card status as a tweener, with his gimmick being that he would forget how to apply his finishing hold, a standing figure four leglock.
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