| 单词 | kite |
| 释义 | kite (kaɪt ) Word forms: kites 1. countable noun B2 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. 2. countable noun A kite is a bird of prey which eats small animals as food. 3. fly a kite phrase [VERB and NOUN inflect] If you say that someone is flying a kite, you are critical of them for putting forward new ideas just to see how people react, rather than with the intention of putting those ideas into practice. [mainly British, disapproval] The Government flies these kites of disinformation, then people feel grateful when the changes don't happen. 4. as high as a kite 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. I felt so strange on the steroid injections. I was as high as a kite some of the time. Idioms: high as a kite very excited When I had finished the course I felt as high as a kite. But when my wife asked me what I had learnt I could not be specific. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers fly a kite [mainly British] to suggest ideas or possibilities in order to see how people react to them before deciding whether or not to put them into practice The committee has paid a good deal of attention to what might be politically possible. It is consciously flying a kite. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Translations: Chinese: 风筝 Japanese: 凧 |
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