truant
🇬🇧 UK/'tru:әnt/🇺🇸 US
IELTSGREC2
Definitions
n.
A student who stays away from school without permission
旷课者,逃学者
v.
To stay away from school or duty without permission
旷课,逃学
adj.
Absent from school or duty without permission; idle or shirking
旷课的,擅离职守的,偷懒的
🧩 Root Breakdown
Native Englishtruantother
=truant
Common Collocations
- 1.play truant逃学,旷课
- 2.habitual truant惯常逃学者
- 3.[chronic truant]长期旷课者
- 4.truant student旷课学生
Example Sentences
- 1.
The teacher noticed that several truants had been missing class for over a week.
- 2.
He played truant so often that he eventually fell far behind in his studies.