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play truant
名词义项的固定搭配，意为“逃学、旷课”；主语通常为学生。
He played truant and spent the day at the park.
他旷了一天的课，在公园里玩了一整天。
旷课者；逃学者
truants — plural of truant
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旷课者；逃学者
one who is absent from school without permission
He played truant and spent the day at the park.
他旷了一天的课，在公园里玩了一整天。
懒散的人；游手好闲者。
An idle or lazy person; an idler.
未经允许缺课的学生；转义指逃避工作或责任的人。
A student who is absent from school without permission; hence (figurative), a person who shirks or wanders from business or duty.
The teacher called the truant's parents after seeing him at the shopping center.
老师在购物中心看到那个旷课的学生后，给他的父母打了电话。
Our school has started a mentoring program to help truants return to class regularly.
我们学校启动了一个辅导项目，帮助旷课的学生按时回到课堂。
A truant can quickly fall behind in every subject if no one intervenes.
如果没有人干预，旷课的学生很快就会在各科上落后。
名词义项的固定搭配，意为“逃学、旷课”；主语通常为学生。
He played truant and spent the day at the park.
他旷了一天的课，在公园里玩了一整天。
形容词义项常作表语，后接 from 引出旷课或旷工的场所。
She was truant from school for two days.
她旷课了两天。
动词义项为不及物用法，常与 from 连用；多用于英式英语。
Some students truant from school on a regular basis.
有些学生经常逃学。
Not this
He truanted school yesterday.
Use this
He truanted from school yesterday.
truant 作动词时为不及物动词，表示“逃学”时不能直接跟宾语，需用介词 from 引出学校，即 truant from school。
Not this
Truant is a serious problem in many high schools.
Use this
Truancy is a serious problem in many high schools.
truant 作名词时指“旷课的人”，不表示“旷课行为”；表达“旷课现象”应用不可数名词 truancy。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
逃学；旷课
He often played truant when he was in high school.
他上高中时经常逃学。
旷课检查员；查逃学生的督学
The truant officer knocked on our door to ask why I had missed school.
旷课检查员敲了我们家的门，问我为什么没去上学。
长期旷课者；惯常逃学者
The court intervened to help the chronic truant get back into school.
法院介入帮助那个长期旷课的学生重返校园。
逃学；旷课
She was truant from school three times last term.
上学期她逃学了三次。
逃学，旷课
The boys played truant and spent the afternoon in the park.
这些男孩逃学，在公园里待了一下午。
Use truants naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
读音像“true ant（真蚂蚁）”：想象一只真蚂蚁逃学闲逛，记住truant=旷课者/逃学者。
语域：formal 常见场景：学校考勤记录、学生纪律处理、教育行政通知 truant 通常用于正式或半正式的学校管理语境。作名词指旷课的学生，作形容词表示旷课的，作动词较少见；日常口语中更常说 skip school 或 play hooky，正式文件或通知中用 truant 更为合适。
真正的押韵词：fluent（/ˈfluːənt/）与 truant 押韵。注意以 -ant 结尾的形近词 giant（/ˈdʒaɪənt/）、brilliant（/ˈbrɪliənt/）、piquant（/ˈpiːkənt/）读音都不同；true（/truː/）只有首音节 /truː/ 与 truant 相同。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.