kite /kəɪt/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  N-COUNT 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. 风筝

  例：

  Willy asks if I've ever flown a kite before.

  威利问我以前是否放过风筝。

• 2. 

  N any diurnal bird of prey of the genera Milvus, Elanus, etc, typically having a long forked tail and long broad wings and usually preying on small mammals and insects: family Accipitridae (hawks, etc) 鹰科昼行的鸟

• 3. 

  PHRASE 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. 如痴如狂的; 因饮酒或吸毒而飘飘然的

  例：

  The steroids made me feel so strange. I was as high as a kite some of the time.

  类固醇令我感觉很奇特。有时我感到飘飘然。