kite

1. N-COUNT 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. 風(fēng)箏

Willy asks if I've ever flown a kite before. 威利問(wèn)我以前是否放過(guò)風(fēng)箏。

2. N any diurnal bird of prey of the genera Milvus, Elanus, etc, typically having a long forked tail and long broad wings and usually preying on small mammals and insects: family Accipitridae (hawks, etc) 鷹科晝行的鳥(niǎo)

3. 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. 如癡如狂的; 因飲酒或吸毒而飄飄然的

The steroids made me feel so strange. I was as high as a kite some of the time. 類(lèi)固醇令我感覺(jué)很奇特。有時(shí)我感到飄飄然。