kite
n. 風箏; 鳶(猛禽); 空頭支票; 光棍
vt. 塗改(支票); 使上漲; 上升
vi. 使用空頭支票; 輕快地移動
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.
政府故意放出這些虛假訊息來試探輿論,而當其中提到的改變並未出現時,老百姓便會心懷感激。
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.
注射類固醇後我感覺很奇特。我有時會極度興奮。
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.
你的風箏看起來像一隻鳥.
Oh. It's a kite, says Danny a little unhappily.
丹尼有一點不太高興地說:“哦, 是一個風箏. ”
My mother and I use colored pencils in kite on a large bird.
我和母親用彩色鉛筆在風箏上畫了一隻大鳥.
Kite : I believe in you, of course . but we are only trial marriage.
我當然相信你, 但是我們僅僅是試婚.
Was the kite broken?
風箏破了 嗎 ?