[no obj.](informal, chiefly Irish)play truant from school (非正式,主爱尔兰)逃学,逃课 we're looking for three young fellows who've mitched from school. 我们正在找三个逃学的小家伙。 [with obj.]he would mitch school and go down to the docks. 他会逃课到码头去。
语源
late Middle English (in the obsolete sense 'pilfer'): apparently from Old French muchier 'hide, lurk'; compare with mooch