Word · Frequency #22672
truants
旷课者；逃学者
truants is the plural of truant.
one who is absent from school without permission
- 1.
An idle or lazy person; an idler.
懒散的人；游手好闲者。
- 2.
A student who is absent from school without permission; hence (figurative), a person who shirks or wanders from business or duty.
未经允许缺课的学生；转义指逃避工作或责任的人。
懒散的人；游手好闲者。；未经允许缺课的学生；转义指逃避工作或责任的人。；懒惰的人；玩忽职守者；旷课者
In use
The teacher called the truant's parents after seeing him at the shopping center.
Our school has started a mentoring program to help truants return to class regularly.
A truant can quickly fall behind in every subject if no one intervenes.
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。
be truant from sth
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。
truant from sth
动词义项为不及物用法，常与 from 连用；多用于英式英语。
Connections
Collocations
- play truant
- 逃学；旷课
- He often played truant when he was in high school.他上高中时经常逃学。
- truant officer
- 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。
- chronic truant
- 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。
- be truant from school
- 逃学；旷课
- She was truant from school three times last term.上学期她逃学了三次。
Idioms & figurative uses
- play truant
- 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。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.