kite
kite — 名詞
- kitesingular
- kitesplural
1. A light toy with a frame and thin covering that people send up into the wind on
風箏
用線放上天空的輕巧玩具
A light toy with a frame and thin covering that people send up into the wind on a string.
Amani ran across the beach until the red kite caught the wind.
Amani 在海灘上奔跑，直到那只紅色風箏迎上了風。
collocation: kite caught the wind
Ilan tied a longer string to the kite before the school fair.
Ilan 在學校園遊會前，把風箏線綁得更長。
Renata helped her brother lift the kite above the field.
Renata 幫弟弟把風箏抬到田野上方。
Selim folded the kite carefully after the rain started.
開始下雨後，Selim 小心地把風箏收折起來。
Yumi bought a dragon kite at the night market by the river.
Yumi 在河邊的夜市買了一只龍形風箏。
- paper kite
A more specific kind of kite made with a light paper covering.
文法句型
fly a kite
kite + string
用法筆記
This sense usually refers to the toy itself, while the verb sense describes the activity of flying it.
常見錯誤
2. A hawk-like bird with long wings that hunts small animals and often circles high
鳶
一種長翅膀、常盤旋的猛禽
A hawk-like bird with long wings that hunts small animals and often circles high overhead.
Hugo watched a kite circle above the rice fields at noon.
Hugo 看著一隻鳶在中午時分盤旋於稻田上空。
pattern: a kite circle above + place
Sirin pointed to a kite carrying a fish over the harbor.
Sirin 指著一隻叼著魚飛過港口的鳶。
Christopher saw two kites drifting over the cliffs near the lighthouse.
Christopher 看見兩隻鳶飄過燈塔附近的峭壁上空。
Eliska photographed a kite as it dropped suddenly toward the grass.
Eliska 拍下了一隻鳶突然朝草地俯衝的畫面。
Nikhil heard the chicks go silent when a kite passed overhead.
當一隻鳶從頭頂飛過時，Nikhil 聽見小雞們安靜了下來。
文法句型
a kite circles overhead
a kite hunts small animals
用法筆記
Learners often meet this sense in bird names such as red kite or black kite, not as a general label for every hawk.
kite — 動詞
- kitepresent simple I / you / we / they
- kitesthird person singular
- kitedpast tense
- kiting-ing form
1. To send a kite up on a string, or to rise or move in a light, quick way.
放風箏；飄升
把風箏放上天，或輕快升起移動
To send a kite up on a string, or to rise or move in a light, quick way.
Sahil kited with his cousins on the hill after lunch.
Sahil 午飯後和表親們在山坡上放風箏。
intransitive: kite on + place
When the door opened, the plastic bag kited across the station floor.
門一打開，那個塑膠袋就輕快地掠過車站地板。
figurative: move lightly across a surface
The gull kited above the boats while fishermen pulled in nets.
那隻海鷗在船隻上方盤旋飛動，漁夫們則在收網。
Our blue banner kited upward as the truck sped away.
卡車加速離開時，我們的藍色布條也向上飄升。
文法句型
kite on + place
kite + adverb/preposition
kite + object
用法筆記
Used literally for flying a toy, and more loosely for things that rise or stream lightly through the air. In the second use, the subject is often a bird, bag, scarf, or banner.
2. To obtain cash or credit by using a check that has no real funds behind it.
開空頭票
用空頭支票騙取金錢或信用
To obtain cash or credit by using a check that has no real funds behind it.
The cashier suspected that the customer was kiting checks between two banks.
收銀員懷疑那名顧客正在兩家銀行之間開空頭票。
finance: kiting checks between banks
Investigators found that the shop owner had kited thousands of dollars.
調查人員發現那位店主曾靠開空頭票騙得數千美元。
The company collapsed after executives spent months kiting bad checks.
那家公司在高層連月開空頭票之後倒閉了。
Bank staff reported the broker for kiting funds through empty accounts.
銀行人員因那名經紀人透過空帳戶開空頭票而提出檢舉。
- defraud
A broader legal term; 'kite' names this particular check-based method.
文法句型
kite checks
kite funds
kite + money
用法筆記
This sense appears in finance and fraud cases. The object is usually checks, money, or funds, and the verb implies deliberate deception rather than a simple banking error.