1N-COUNT 风筝 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. 风筝
2N-COUNT 鸢(一种猛禽) A kite is a bird of prey which hunts and kills small animals for food. 鸢(一种猛禽)
3PHRASE [VERB and NOUN inflect]试探舆论(或反应) If you say that someone is flying a kite, you are critical of them for putting forward new ideas just to see how people react, rather than with the intention of putting those ideas into practice. 试探舆论(或反应) [mainly British, disapproval]
The Government flies these kites of disinformation, then people feel grateful when the changes don't happen.
政府故意放出这些虚假消息来试探舆论,而当其中提到的改变并未出现时,老百姓便会心怀感激。
4PHRASE 极度兴奋的;被酒精(或毒品)麻醉的 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. 极度兴奋的;被酒精(或毒品)麻醉的
I felt so strange on the steroid injections. I was as high as a kite some of the time.