a child who is regularly absent from school without permission

Police reports showed that the vast majority of crime committed by children was carried out by truants. 警方的报告显示，绝大部分的青少年犯罪都是由逃学者所为。

to be regularly absent from school without permission

Most parents are horrified when they discover their children have been playing truant from school. 当发现自己的孩子一直逃学时，大多数的父母都感到很震惊。

Children who truant are regularly absent from school, usually while pretending to their parents that they have gone to school

You'll fail all your exams if you carry on truanting. 如果继续逃学的话，你所有的考试都会不及格。