| 单词 | awol |
| 释义 | awol (once / 1074483 pages) adj If you're absent without permission, you're awol. Your mom may announce she'll be awol from work for the rest of the week, and that you can find her in the backyard lying in the hammock. When a student is truant from school — simply doesn't show up, with no explanation or excuse — she is awol. Likewise, a volunteer at an animal shelter who skips his weekly shift is awol. This term is actually an acronym, an abbreviation of the military phrase "absent without leave." You'll often see it spelled in all capital letters: AWOL. The term became popular around World War II in the US military, and it caught on with civilians in the 1960s. WORD FAMILYawol USAGE EXAMPLESDavid Miller, author of books about the Appalachian Trail, gave himself the name “Awol,” after quitting his job to follow the trail in 2003. Wall Street Journal(Mar 21, 2016) But Carter, cheerfully unperturbed by my doubts, starts to tell me about the time his Bluetooth headset went awol. The Guardian(Oct 29, 2015) But the Spaniard’s touch went awol and the ball slipped under his boot and away to safety. The Guardian(Sep 15, 2015) adj absent without permission Syn truant absent not being in a specified place AWOL (once / 60612 pages) n WORD FAMILY AWOL: AWOLS USAGE EXAMPLESWhen white supremacists murdered six people at a Sikh temple in Milwaukee County, Clarke faced criticism for being “AWOL.” Salon(Nov 12, 2016) The investigational reporting in the media during the current Presidential and primary campaigns has been AWOL. New York Times(Nov 03, 2016) The Seahawks spent the first two weeks of the season searching for an ally that, for whatever reason, had gone AWOL. Seattle Times(Sep 25, 2016) n one who is away or absent without leave Hyper absentee one that is absent or not in residence |
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