释义 |
ˈtruanting, vbl. n. [f. truant v. + -ing1.] The action of the verb truant; an instance of this.
c1400[see truant v. 1]. 1532More Confut. Tindale Wks. 574/2 With three strypes for hys tarying and trewaunting by the way. 1630S. Lennard tr. Charron's Wisd. iii. xiv. §12 (1670) 443 To save themselves from the rigour of the punishment, they have recourse to..false excuses,..flights, truantings. 1884Hunter & Whyte My Ducats xx. (1885) 286 The sense of truanting gave a..spice of excitement to his reflections. |