tru·ant /ˈtruənt/
懶惰鬼,曠課者(a.)偷懶的,曠課的,遊蕩的(vi.)偷懶,曠課
Tru·ant, n. One who stays away from business or any duty; especially, one who stays out of school without leave; an idler; a loiterer; a shirk.
I have a truant been to chivalry. --Shak.
To play truant, to stray away; to loiter; especially, to stay out of school without leave.
Tru·ant, a. Wandering from business or duty; loitering; idle, and shirking duty; as, a truant boy.
While truant Jove, in infant pride,
Played barefoot on Olympus' side. --Trumbull.
Tru·ant, v. i. To idle away time; to loiter, or wander; to play the truant.
By this means they lost their time and truanted on the fundamental grounds of saving knowledge. --Lowell.
Tru·ant, v. t. To idle away; to waste. [R.]
I dare not be the author
Of truanting the time. --Ford.
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truant
adj : absent without permission; "truant schoolboys"; "the soldier
was AWOL for almost a week" [syn: awol]
n 1: one who is absent from school without permission [syn: hooky
player]
2: someone who shirks duty [syn: no-show, nonattender]