play hooky:逃学;旷课;(上班等)无故缺勤。多用于非正式语境,常带一点“偷偷溜走/不去”的意味。
/pleɪ ˈhʊki/
He played hooky from school and went to the park.
他逃学去了公园。
She played hooky for a day, telling everyone she was sick, but she actually took a train to the coast to clear her head.
她旷了一天课,跟大家说自己生病了,其实却坐火车去了海边散心。
“hooky”在19世纪美国英语里与“逃避责任、躲开工作/学校”相关;“play”在这里不是“玩耍”本义,而是常见搭配,用来表示“做某种带点取巧/不太规矩的事”(类似 play a trick)。整体就是“用‘玩’的方式来逃掉本该去做的事”。