kite
noun /kaɪt/
/kaɪt/
Idioms - enlarge imagea 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
风筝 - to fly a kite
放风筝 - John wants to fly his new stunt kite.
约翰想放他新的特技风筝。 - the joys of kite flying
放风筝的乐趣
Collocations Dictionaryverb + kite- fly
- flying
- to fly a kite
- a bird of prey (= a bird that kills other creatures for food) of the hawk family
鸢（猛禽）
词源Old English cȳta (as a noun in sense (2)); probably of imitative origin and related to German Kauz ‘screech owl’. The toy was so named because it hovers in the air like the bird.
Idioms
fly a kite
- (informal) to test out public opinion on a subject
风筝： 测试关于某个主题的民意- The company is flying a kite to see if this plan provokes any interest.
公司正在试探这个计划是否会引起兴趣。
- The company is flying a kite to see if this plan provokes any interest.
go fly a/your kite
- (North American English, informal) used to tell somebody to go away and stop annoying you or interfering
走开；别烦人；别插手
high as a kite
- (informal) behaving in a very excited way, especially because of being strongly affected by alcohol or drugs
（尤指因酗酒或吸毒）异常兴奋，神情恍惚