Kite
[kaɪt]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals.
(noun.) plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper; flown in wind at end of a string.
(noun.) a bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in order to take advantage of the float.
(noun.) a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value.
(verb.) fly a kite; 'Kids were kiting in the park'; 'They kited the Red Dragon model'.
(verb.) soar or fly like a kite; 'The pilot kited for a long time over the mountains'.
(verb.) get credit or money by using a bad check; 'The businessman kited millions of dollars'.
(verb.) increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently; 'He kited many checks'.
克雷格編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) Any raptorial bird of the subfamily Milvinae, of which many species are known. They have long wings, adapted for soaring, and usually a forked tail.
(n.) Fig. : One who is rapacious.
(n.) A light frame of wood or other material covered with paper or cloth, for flying in the air at the end of a string.
(n.) A lofty sail, carried only when the wind is light.
(n.) A quadrilateral, one of whose diagonals is an axis of symmetry.
(n.) Fictitious commercial paper used for raising money or to sustain credit, as a check which represents no deposit in bank, or a bill of exchange not sanctioned by sale of goods; an accommodation check or bill.
(n.) The brill.
(v. i.) To raise money by "kites;" as, kiting transactions. See Kite, 6.
(n.) The belly.
編輯:洛娜
解釋/意思:
n. (Scot.) the belly.—Also Kyte.
n. a rapacious bird of the hawk kind: a rapacious person: a light frame covered with paper for flying in the air attached to a long cord by means of which it is steered: a light and lofty sail: an accommodation bill esp. a mere paper credit.—n. Kite′-fly′ing the dealing in fictitious accommodation paper to raise money.
伊丽莎白編輯
娱乐性解釋/意思：
To dream of flying a kite, denotes a great show of wealth, or business, but with little true soundness to it all. To see the kite thrown upon the ground, foretells disappointment and failure. To dream of making a kite, you will speculate largely on small means and seek to win the one you love by misrepresentations. To see children flying kites, denotes pleasant and light occupation. If the kite ascends beyond the vision high hopes and aspirations will resolve themselves into disappointments and loss.
校對:特伦斯
例句/造句/用法:
- This view shows a kite about to be sent up from an observatory. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Franklin used to fly a kite. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- The window was partly open, and a wire led from the machine on the table through the window to a gigantic kite that a high wind kept flying fully 400 feet above the room. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- And a Quaker flying a kite is a much more ridiculous object than anybody else. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- The machine was to be raised like a kite, with men holding ropes fastened to the end of each wing. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Hanging on the tail of a kite it photographs the face of mother earth, and, acting quicker than the lightning, it catches and defines the path of that erratic flash. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- He placed himself under a shade to avoid the rain; his kite was raised; a thunder-cloud passed over it; no sign of electricity appeared. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- When a bird rises from the ground it leaps up with head stuck out and expanded tail, so that the body is in the position of a boy’s kite when thrown up. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Franklin's well-known kite experiment followed. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- The boy flying a kite has to keep his eye on the kite, and has to note the various pressures of the string on his hand. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- The kite has been glad to receive it, sir, and the sky has been brighter with it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- I'm as light as a kite when anything's going on! 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- It was quite an affecting sight, I used to think, to see him with the kite when it was up a great height in the air. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- They found in practice that their plan of raising the plane like a kite was impracticable, and that the wind was not strong enough to support it at a proper angle. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Now if the kite, instead of being stationary in moving air, were to be moved constantly through quiet air it would also stay up. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- For temporary service, as in the case of military operations, the antenna is frequently attached to captive balloons or kites, and so suspended high in air. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
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