| 单词 | truant |
| 释义 | truant (once / 3153 pages) nadj A truant is a student who is out of school without permission. If you skip school to go shopping with your friends, you are a truant. A person can be a truant, and behavior can be described as truant too, since it's both a noun and an adjective. Your teacher might call you a truant if you skip school and if you didn't show up at your donut shop job, you would also be a truant donut slinger. In fact, anyone who's unexpectedly absent can be described as truant. The Old French truant describes a beggar, especially one who lives this way by choice. WORD FAMILYtruant: truancy, truantly, truants+/truancy: truancies USAGE EXAMPLESThe other two have a reputation as regular truants. The Guardian(Nov 12, 2016) The ambassadors serve as peer counselors to truant students and mentor them to academic success. Seattle Times(Oct 31, 2016) “Are you aware that the school district has special police who go out searching for truants? They’re very good at their jobs, 1 assure you.” Carl Hiaasen, Hoot(2002) 1n one who is absent from school without permission Syn|Hyper hooky player absentee one that is absent or not in residence 2n someone who shirks duty Syn|Hyper no-show, nonattender offender, wrongdoer a person who transgresses moral or civil law 3adj absent without permission truant schoolboys Syn awol absent not being in a specified place |
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