kites

n.风筝；鸢

n.空头支票

v.用空头支票骗人；使上升

A boy is flying a kite in the piazza. 一个小男孩在阳台上放风筝。

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。

A kite will never be a good hawk. 鸢永不会变成隼。

Yellow-billed kite soars in the sky 黄嘴鸢横空长啸。

She got caught kite flying in Philadelphia. 她在费城到处开空头支票时被抓住。

The bill was due before payday, so I had to kite the check. 工资还没发，帐单就到期了，于是我只好开空头支票。

Meat prices kited. 肉价飞涨。

kite的基本意思是“风筝”,指一种用纸或布扎起来的手工艺品,可以由线来牵引乘风飞翔。

fly a kite除了表示“放风筝”,还可表示“试探舆论”。