play truant

뜻

to stay away from school without permission

허락 없이 학교에 가지 않다.

예문

1. 1Tom played truant for a whole week and told his parents he had been at school.
2. 2Schools must contact parents on the first day a child plays truant.
3. 3Instead of going to her maths lessons, Maria was playing truant in the park with her friends.
4. 4If you play truant again, the head will call your parents in for a meeting.
5. 5Leo's attendance record shows that he played truant on eleven Fridays last term.

문법

play의 형태가 바뀐다: plays, playing, played. truant는 관사 없이 단수형으로 쓴다.