Kite: This flashcard defines a kite as a toy flown in the air, a bird of prey, a phrase for testing public opinion, and an idiom for being extremely excited or intoxicated.
kite: 1. An object flown in the air, usually a toy, made of a light frame covered with paper or cloth and a long string. 2. A type of bird of prey. 3. To put forward new ideas to gauge reactions. 4. To be very excited or under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
[N-COUNT 可数名词]风筝 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.
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]鸢(一种猛禽) A kite is a bird of prey which hunts and kills small animals for food.
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[PHRASE 短语]试探舆论(或反应) 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.
[V and N inflect]
[disapproval]
[mainly BRIT 主英]
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。
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[PHRASE 短语]极度兴奋的;被酒精(或毒品)麻醉的 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.
[v-link PHR]
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。
Oxford
kite/kaɪt; NAmEkaɪt/
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verb
kitekiteskitedkitingnoun _toys_comp.jpg _kite.jpg 1a 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2a bird of prey(= a bird that kills other creatures for food)of the hawkfamily 鸢(猛禽)IDIOMsee
fly
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high
adj.verbkitesth ( NAmE) ( informal) to use an illegal cheque to obtain money or to dishonestly change the amount written on a cheque 使用(非法支票)骗钱;涂改(支票)◆to kite checks用支票诈骗◆check kiting支票作弊kite/kaɪt; NAmEkaɪt/
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kite1 noun
kite2 verb
kitekite1 /kaɪt/ ●○○ noun [countable]
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1a light frame covered in coloured paper or plastic that you let fly in the air on the end of one or two long strings2a type of hawk (=bird that eats small animals)3American English informal an illegal cheque4fly a kite to make a suggestion to see what people will think of it → go fly a kite
at fly1(24)
, → high as a kite
at high1(24)
kite1 noun
kite2 verb
kitekite2 verb [intransitive, transitive] American English informal
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1 (also kite up) to raise the cost of somethingSYN hike up: Soaring medical costs keep kiting up insurance premiums.2to obtain money using an illegal cheque
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kite
[kaɪt]kited, kiting, kites
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kites[798]
风筝(93%),鸢(4%),空头支票(2%),使上升(1%)
n.风筝
vi.使用空头支票;像风筝一样飞;轻快地移动
vt.骗钱;涂改(支票)
n.(Kite)人名;(塞)基特;(英)凯特
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