English-Thai Dictionary

truant

ADJ ที่ ไม่ยอม ทำงาน  ที่ โดดร่ม  ที่ หนีงาน  ที่ หนี เรียน  ti-mai-yon-la-ting

 

truant

N ผู้ ที่ โดด งาน  phu-ti-dod-ngan

 

truant

N เด็ก หนี เรียน  เด็ก เก เรียน  dekk-ne-rian

 

truantry

N การละทิ้ง ความรับผิดชอบ  kan-la-ting-kwam-rab-pid-chob

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TRUANT

a.Idle; wandering from business; loitering; as a truant boy. While truant Jove, in infant price,
Play'd barefoot on Olympus'side.

 

TRUANT

n.An idler; an idle boy.

 

TRUANT

v.i.To idle away time; to loiter or be absent from employment.

 

TRUANTLY

adv. Like a truant; an idleness.

 

TRUANTSHIP

n.Idleness; neglect of employment.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TRUANT

Tru "ant, n. Etym: [F. truand, OF. truant, a vagrant, beggar; of Celtic origin; cf. W. tru, truan, wretched, miserable, truan a wretch, Ir. trogha miserable, Gael. truaghan a poor, distressed, or wretched creature, truagh wretched. ]

 

Defn: One who stays away from business or any duty; especially, one who stays out of school without leave; an idler; a loiterer; a shirk. Dryden. I have a truant been to chivalry. Shak. To play truant, to stray away; to loiter; especially, to stay out of school without leave. Sir T. Browne

 

TRUANT

TRUANT Tru "ant, a.

 

Defn: 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.

 

TRUANT

Tru "ant, v. i. Etym: [Cf. F. truander. ]

 

Defn: To idle away time; to loiter, or wander; to play the truant. Shak. By this means they lost their time and truanted on the fundamental grounds of saving knowledge. Lowell.

 

TRUANT

TRUANT Tru "ant, v. t.

 

Defn: To idle away; to waste. [R.] I dare not be the author Of truanting the time. Ford.

 

TRUANTLY

TRUANTLY Tru "ant *ly, adv.

 

Defn: Like a truant; in idleness.

 

TRUANTSHIP

TRUANTSHIP Tru "ant *ship, n.

 

Defn: The conduct of a truant; neglect of employment; idleness; truancy. Ascham.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

truant

tru ant |ˈtro͞oənt ˈtruənt | ▶noun a student who stays away from school without leave or explanation. ▶adjective (of a student ) being a truant: truant children. • wandering; straying: her truant husband. ▶verb [ no obj. ] another way of saying play truant below. PHRASES play truant stay away from school or work without permission or explanation; play hooky. ORIGIN Middle English (denoting a person begging through choice rather than necessity ): from Old French, probably ultimately of Celtic origin; compare with Welsh truan, Scottish Gaelic truaghan ‘wretched. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

truant

tru ¦ant |ˈtruːənt | ▶noun a pupil who stays away from school without leave or explanation. ▶adjective (of a pupil ) being a truant: truant children. • wandering; straying: her truant husband. ▶verb [ no obj. ] another way of saying play truant below. PHRASES play truant chiefly Brit. (of a pupil ) stay away from school without leave or explanation. ORIGIN Middle English (denoting a person begging through choice rather than necessity ): from Old French, probably ultimately of Celtic origin; compare with Welsh truan, Scottish Gaelic truaghan ‘wretched ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

truant

truant noun the truants were sent to Mr. Maurer's office: absentee, runaway. PHRASES play truant more than half of the freshman class staged a protest by playing truant on Monday: stay away from school; informal skip school, skip, play hooky; book out.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

truant

truant noun absentee, non-attender; Brit. informal skiver; Austral. /NZ informal wag. PHRASES play truant it's bad news when youngsters play truant from school: stay away from school, not go to school, be absent, truant; Brit. informal skive (off ), bunk off; Irish informal mitch (off ); N. Amer. informal play hookey, goof off, ditch; Austral. /NZ informal play the wag; rare bag it, hook Jack, mooch, play the hop, hop the wag. ▶verb teachers reported on whether pupils had truanted. See play truant.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

truant

tru ant /trú (ː )ənt /名詞 C ずる休み [無断欠席 ]する生徒 ; 仕事を怠る人 ▸ play truant 学校をずる休みする ; 仕事をさぼる (｟米 くだけて やや古 ｠play hooky ).形容詞 1 ずる休みする, サボる .2 怠ける, 怠惰な .3 さまよう .動詞 自動詞 ずる休みする .