名詞 kite:

1. a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value
2. a bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in order to take advantage of the float
3. plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper; flown in wind at end of a string
4. any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals

動(dòng)詞 kite:

1. increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently
2. get credit or money by using a bad check
3. soar or fly like a kite
4. fly a kite

1. I looked up into the sky and saw the kite become smaller and smaller.
   我遙望天空，只見風(fēng)箏越來越小。
2. He offered me these strange-smelling cigarettes and within twenty minutes I was as high as a kite.
   他給我抽了這些怪味的香煙，在20分鐘內(nèi)，我就爛醉如泥了。
3. A boy is flying a kite in the piazza.
   一個(gè)小男孩在陽臺(tái)上放風(fēng)箏。
4. The children are flying kites.
   孩子們?cè)诜棚L(fēng)箏。

kite

n.（名詞）
A light framework covered with cloth, plastic, or paper, designed to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string.
風(fēng)箏：用布、塑料或紙覆蓋的輕質(zhì)構(gòu)架，系在長繩的尾端，為能在風(fēng)中飄揚(yáng)而設(shè)計(jì)
Nautical Any of the light sails of a ship that are used only in a light wind.
【航?！?/i> 箏帆：只在微風(fēng)中使用的輕型的船帆
Any of various predatory birds of the hawk family Accipitridae, having a long, often forked tail and long pointed wings.
鳶鷂鷹：屬于鷹科的各種食肉的鳥之一，有長的，經(jīng)常為叉狀的尾和長而狹的翼

A piece of negotiable paper representing a fictitious financial transaction and used temporarily to sustain credit or raise money.
空頭支票：代表虛構(gòu)的金融交易的可轉(zhuǎn)讓票據(jù)，暫時(shí)用于維持信貸或籌集錢款
A bank check drawn on insufficient funds to take advantage of the time interval required for collection.
通融票據(jù)：利用籌款需要的時(shí)間間隔開出不足的資金的銀行支票
A bank check that has been fraudulently altered to show a larger amount.
被欺騙性地改為更大金額的銀行支票
v.（動(dòng)詞）
kit.ed,kit.ing,kites
v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
To fly like a kite; soar or glide.
如風(fēng)箏般飄動(dòng)：像風(fēng)箏那樣飄動(dòng)；翱翔或滑翔
To get money or credit with a kite.
使用空頭支票獲得錢或信貸
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
To use (a bad check) to sustain credit or raise money.
用（空頭支票）獲取信貸或錢
To increase the amount of (a check) fraudulently.
涂改（支票）：欺騙性的增加（支票的）金額

來源：
Middle English [bird of prey]
中古英語 [食肉鳥]
from Old English ctta
源自 古英語 ctta