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- a toy consisting of a light frame with thin material stretched over it, flown in the wind at the end of a long string风筝, 纸鸢。
1.1
- Brit. informal, dated an aircraft〈英, 非正式, 旧〉飞机。
1.2
- Sailing, informal a spinnaker or other high, light sail【航海】〈非正式〉大三角帆; 高而轻的船帆。
2
- a medium to large long-winged bird of prey which typically has a forked tail and frequently soars on updraughts of air鸢。
2.1
- Milvus and other genera, family Accipitridae: many species, in particular the red kite and black kite.鸢属及其他属, 鹰科：多种, 尤指红鸢和黑鸢。
3
- informal a fraudulent cheque, bill, or receipt〈非正式〉空头支票（或账单、收据）。
3.1
- an illicit or surreptitious letter or note非法（或秘密）的信件（便条）。
3.2
- archaic a person who exploits or preys on others〈古〉剥削者, 掠夺者。
4
- Geometry a quadrilateral figure having two pairs of equal adjacent sides, symmetrical only about its diagonals【几何】风筝形四边形（有两对邻边相等, 按对角线对称的四边形）。
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- no obj. [usu. as noun kiting] fly a kite放风筝。
1.1
- with adverbial of direction fly; move quickly飞; 飞奔：
he kited into England on Concorde.
他乘坐协和式飞机飞到英格兰。
2
- with obj. informal, chiefly N. Amer. write or use (a cheque, bill, or receipt) fraudulently〈非正式, 主北美〉开空头支票; 涂改（或冒用）支票（或账单, 收据）。
短语
(as) high as a kite
- informal intoxicated with drugs or alcohol〈非正式〉被毒品麻醉; 喝醉。
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.