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。
pattern: lift the kite above + place
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。
- fly a kite
- kite string
- kite tail
- dragon kite
- 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。
pattern: a kite drop toward + place
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。
- red kite
- black kite
- kite overhead
- kite wings
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。
pattern: kite upward
- kite upward
- kite across
- kite above
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。
pattern: kite + bad checks
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。
- kite checks
- kite funds
- kite money
- 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.