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.).
实用例句
1. She was getting into trouble over playing truant from school.
她因逃课而惹了麻烦。
来自柯林斯例句
2. I found the truant throwing stones in the river.
我发现那个逃课的学生在往河里扔石子.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. How dared you to play truant!
你竟敢逃学.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
4. He was reprimanded for playing truant.
他因逃学而受严斥.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
5. My father gave me a thick ear when he heard I'd been playing truant.
