truant

🇬🇧 UK/'tru:әnt/🇺🇸 US
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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 English
truantother
=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.

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