kite
n. 风筝; 鸢(猛禽); 空头支票; 光棍
vt. 涂改(支票); 使上涨; 上升
vi. 使用空头支票; 轻快地移动
A kite is an object, usually used as a toy, which is flown in the air. It consists of a light frame covered with paper or cloth and has a long string attached which you hold while the kite is flying.
A kite is a bird of prey which hunts and kills small animals for food.
If you say that someone is flying a kite, you are critical of them for putting forward new ideas just to see how people react, rather than with the intention of putting those ideas into practice.
The Government flies these kites of disinformation, then people feel grateful when the changes don't happen.
政府故意放出这些虚假消息来试探舆论,而当其中提到的改变并未出现时,老百姓便会心怀感激。
If you say that someone is as high as a kite, you mean that they are very excited or that they are greatly affected by alcohol or drugs.
I felt so strange on the steroid injections. I was as high as a kite some of the time.
注射类固醇后我感觉很奇特。我有时会极度兴奋。
1. a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value
2. a bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in order to take advantage of the float
3. plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper; flown in wind at end of a string
4. any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals
1. increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently;
2. get credit or money by using a bad check;
3. soar or fly like a kite;
4. fly a kite;
(as) high as a kite
(非正式)被毒品麻醉;喝醉
Your kite looks like bird.
你的风筝看起来像一只鸟.
Oh. It's a kite, says Danny a little unhappily.
丹尼有一点不太高兴地说:“哦, 是一个风筝. ”
My mother and I use colored pencils in kite on a large bird.
我和母亲用彩色铅笔在风筝上画了一只大鸟.
Kite : I believe in you, of course . but we are only trial marriage.
我当然相信你, 但是我们仅仅是试婚.
Was the kite broken?
风筝破了 吗 ?