風箏：kite用法精析
For you, thousand times over.
——Kite Runner
爲你，千千萬萬遍。
——《追風箏的人》
一、關於kite，你應該知道的用法有
n.
1.風箏 [C] a toy made of a light frame covered with paper, cloth, etc., that you fly in the air at the end of six or more long strings
Jim flied the kite yesterday afternoon.
吉姆昨天下午放風箏了。
2.空頭支票 [C] a check drawn against uncollected funds in a bank account or fraudulently raised before cashing
She always get money or credit with a kite.
她總是使用空頭支票獲得錢或信貸。
v.
1.使用空頭支票；塗改（支票）；騙錢 [I,T] to use an illegal cheque to obtain money or to dishonestly change the amount written on a cheque
Meat prices kited.
肉價飛漲。
2.使上漲，上升 [I,T] to cause to soar
Meat prices kited.
肉價飛漲。
3.象風箏一樣飛；輕快地移動 [I] to go in a rapid, carefree, or flighty manner
As he sat thinking, a cold wind kited down through the trees.
他坐在那裏想着這些的時候，一陣冷風從樹上颳了下來。
二、下面我們來學習一下含有kite的常見短語
box kite
n. 箱形風箏
三、學會kite的用法了嗎？來做個小測試
The child tailed his ____.
小孩兒給自己的風箏裝了尾巴。
