kite

英 [kaɪt]

美 [kaɪt]

n.  风筝; 鸢(猛禽)
v.  使用(非法支票)骗钱; 涂改(支票)

复数：kites　现在分词：kiting　过去式：kited　第三人称单数：kites　过去分词：kited　

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习惯用语

n.

(go) fly a/your kite
• 走开；别烦人；别打扰人
  used to tell sb to go away and stop annoying you or interfering
high as a kite
• （因酗酒或吸毒）异常兴奋，神魂恍惚
  behaving in a very excited way because of being strongly affected by alcohol or drugs

牛津词典

noun

• 风筝
  a toy made of a light frame covered with paper, cloth, etc., that you fly in the air at the end of one or more long strings
  1. to fly a kite
     放风筝
• 鸢（猛禽）
  a bird of prey (= a bird that kills other creatures for food) of the hawk family

verb

• 使用（非法支票）骗钱；涂改（支票）
  to use an illegal cheque to obtain money or to dishonestly change the amount written on a cheque
  1. to kite checks
     用支票诈骗
  2. check kiting
     支票作弊

柯林斯词典

• 风筝
  Akiteis 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.
• 鸢（一种猛禽）
  Akiteis a bird of prey which hunts and kills small animals for food.
• PHRASE 试探舆论（或反应）
  If you say that someoneis 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.
  1. 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。
• PHRASE 极度兴奋的；被酒精（或毒品）麻醉的
  If you say that someone isas high as a kite, you mean that they are very excited or that they are greatly affected by alcohol or drugs.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals
• plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper
• a bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in order to take advantage of the float
• a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value

verb

• fly a kite
  1. Kids were kiting in the park
  2. They kited the Red Dragon model
• soar or fly like a kite
  1. The pilot kited for a long time over the mountains
• get credit or money by using a bad check
  1. The businessman kited millions of dollars
• increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently
  1. He kited many checks

双语例句

• Pull in the kite.
  把风筝捯回来。
• So I will take my kite and my ball on Saturday.
  周六我会带我的风筝和球的。
• I have a kite, a ball, a car, a plane.
  我有个风筝，一个球，一辆汽车，飞机。
• I want my kite. it's in that tree.
  我想要我的风筝，它在那棵树上。
• I can fly a kite and go climbing, too.
  我还可以放风筝和爬山。
• Where is my kite, then?
  那我的风筝跑哪里去了？
• I like to fly my kite in a quiet place.
  我喜欢在一个安静的地方放我的风筝。
• Look! I have a new kite.
  看，我有一只新的风筝。
• 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。
• I wouldn't take what he said seriously; he was only flying a kite.
  我根本不把他说的当回事，他只是试探试探罢了。