Kite

(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'.

克雷格编辑

• This view shows a kite about to be sent up from an observatory. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Franklin used to fly a kite. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• 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. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• And a Quaker flying a kite is a much more ridiculous object than anybody else. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• The machine was to be raised like a kite, with men holding ropes fastened to the end of each wing. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• 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. 十九世纪发明进展.
• 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. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• 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. 神奇的知识之书.
• Franklin's well-known kite experiment followed. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• 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. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• The kite has been glad to receive it, sir, and the sky has been brighter with it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• I'm as light as a kite when anything's going on! 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• 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. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• 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. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Now if the kite, instead of being stationary in moving air, were to be moved constantly through quiet air it would also stay up. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• 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. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.

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