levant

名词 levant:

1. a heavy morocco often used in bookbinding
   同义词：Levant morocco
2. the former name for the geographical area of the eastern Mediterranean that is now occupied by Lebanon and Syria and Israel

动词 levant:

1. run off without paying a debt

le.vant

v.intr.（不及物动词）
le.vant.ed,le.vant.ing,le.vants 【多用于英国】
To leave hurriedly or in secret to avoid unpaid debts.
躲债：为逃避未偿债务而迅速或秘密地离开

来源：
Possibly from Spanish levantar (el campo) [to lift, break (camp)]
可能源自 西班牙语 levantar (el campo) [举起，离开（营地）]
from Vulgar Latin *levant3re
源自 俗拉丁语 *levant3re
from Latin lev3ns levant- [present participle of] lev3re [to raise] * see lever
源自 拉丁语 lev3ns levant- [] lev3re的现在分词 [举起] *参见 lever