kite

名词 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

动词 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.
   我遥望天空，只见风筝越来越小。
2. He offered me these strange-smelling cigarettes and within twenty minutes I was as high as a kite.
   他给我抽了这些怪味的香烟，在20分钟内，我就烂醉如泥了。
3. A boy is flying a kite in the piazza.
   一个小男孩在阳台上放风筝。
4. The children are flying kites.
   孩子们在放风筝。

kite

n.（名词）
A light framework covered with cloth, plastic, or paper, designed to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string.
风筝：用布、塑料或纸覆盖的轻质构架，系在长绳的尾端，为能在风中飘扬而设计
Nautical Any of the light sails of a ship that are used only in a light wind.
【航海】 筝帆：只在微风中使用的轻型的船帆
Any of various predatory birds of the hawk family Accipitridae, having a long, often forked tail and long pointed wings.
鸢鹞鹰：属于鹰科的各种食肉的鸟之一，有长的，经常为叉状的尾和长而狭的翼

A piece of negotiable paper representing a fictitious financial transaction and used temporarily to sustain credit or raise money.
空头支票：代表虚构的金融交易的可转让票据，暂时用于维持信贷或筹集钱款
A bank check drawn on insufficient funds to take advantage of the time interval required for collection.
通融票据：利用筹款需要的时间间隔开出不足的资金的银行支票
A bank check that has been fraudulently altered to show a larger amount.
被欺骗性地改为更大金额的银行支票
v.（动词）
kit.ed,kit.ing,kites
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To fly like a kite; soar or glide.
如风筝般飘动：像风筝那样飘动；翱翔或滑翔
To get money or credit with a kite.
使用空头支票获得钱或信贷
v.tr.（及物动词）
To use (a bad check) to sustain credit or raise money.
用（空头支票）获取信贷或钱
To increase the amount of (a check) fraudulently.
涂改（支票）：欺骗性的增加（支票的）金额

来源：
Middle English [bird of prey]
中古英语 [食肉鸟]
from Old English ctta
源自 古英语 ctta