play hooky

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To play truant; to avoid (informally: skip) school, work, or other duties (stay away from these without permission nor an excuse); to skive or to bunk off (UK); US,idiomatic
    — Plenty of people played hooky from work to go see the movie on opening day.

词形变化

plays hooky present,singular,third-person playing hooky participle,present played hooky participle,past played hooky past play hookey alternative play hookie alternative

词源

See hooky for its origin; the construction of the phrase is in the same vein as play truant.
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