• n. 曠課者；懶惰的人
• adj. 曠課的；偷懶的
• vi. 逃學；偷懶，逃避責任

來自古法語 truant,乞丐，無賴，后借用該詞來指在某地附近流浪的人，尤其是逃課的小學生。

truant

truant: [13] A truant was originally a ‘beggar’ or ‘vagrant’. The word was borrowed from Old French truant ‘vagabond’, which in turn came from Gaulish trugant- (amongst its Celtic relatives are Gaelic trudanach ‘vagabond’ and Welsh truan ‘wretched’). The word was not applied to absconding schoolchildren until the 15th century.

truant (n.)

c. 1200, "beggar, vagabond," from Old French truant "beggar, rogue" (12c.), as an adjective, "wretched, miserable, of low caste," from Gaulish *trougant- (compare Breton *truan, later truant "vagabond," Welsh truan "wretch," Gaelic truaghan "wretched"), of uncertain origin. Compare Spanish truhan "buffoon," from same source. Meaning "one who wanders from an appointed place," especially "a child who stays away from school without leave" is first attested mid-15c.

truant (adj.)

"idle, loitering, given to shirking duty or business," 1540s, from truant (n.).

1. She was getting into trouble over playing truant from school.

她因逃課而惹了麻煩。

來自柯林斯例句

2. I found the truant throwing stones in the river.

我發現那個逃課的學生在往河里扔石子.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. How dared you to play truant!

你竟敢逃學.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

4. He was reprimanded for playing truant.

他因逃學而受嚴斥.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

5. My father gave me a thick ear when he heard I'd been playing truant.

我父親知道我一直逃學時,打了我一記耳光.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》