junior-high-schooler:初中生;就读于 junior high school(通常指美国学制中介于小学与高中之间的阶段,一般约7–9年级)的学生。
(也常写作 junior high schooler,不加连字符。)
/ˌdʒuːniər ˈhaɪ ˌskuːlər/
My sister is a junior-high-schooler, so she gets out of school early.
我妹妹是个初中生,所以她放学比较早。
As a junior-high-schooler moving to a new city, he struggled to make friends at first but gradually found his place on the basketball team.
作为一个搬到新城市的初中生,他起初很难交到朋友,但后来逐渐在篮球队里找到了归属感。
该词由 junior high school(“初级中学/初中”)+ -er(表示“……的人”)构成:junior 源自拉丁语 junior(“更年轻的”),high school 在美式英语中指中等教育阶段学校;合起来再加 -er,表示“在初中就读的人”。