a toy made of a light frame covered with paper, cloth, etc., that you fly in the air at the end of one or more long strings 风筝 
to fly a kite 放风筝 John wants to fly his new stunt kite. 约翰想放他新的特技风筝。 the joys of kite flying 放风筝的乐趣
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + kite- fly
- flying
a bird of prey (= a bird that kills other creatures for food) of the hawk family 鸢（猛禽）
Word OriginOld English cȳta (as a noun in sense (2)); probably of imitative origin and related to German Kauz ‘screech owl’. The toy was so named because it hovers in the air like the bird.
Idioms
fly a kite
- (informal)
to test out public opinion on a subject 风筝： 测试关于某个主题的民意The company is flying a kite to see if this plan provokes any interest. 公司正在试探这个计划是否会引起兴趣。
go fly a/your kite
- (North American English, informal)
used to tell somebody to go away and stop annoying you or interfering 走开；别烦人；别插手
high as a kite
- (informal)
behaving in a very excited way, especially because of being strongly affected by alcohol or drugs （尤指因酗酒或吸毒）异常兴奋，神情恍惚