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 風筝 
to fly a kite 放風筝 John wants to fly his new stunt kite. 約翰想放他新的特技風筝。 the joys of kite flying 放風筝的樂趣
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 風筝： 測試關於某個主題的民意The company is flying a kite to see if this plan provokes any interest. 公司正在試探這個計劃是否會引起興趣。
go fly a/your kite
- (North American English, informal)
used to tell somebody to go away and stop annoying you or interfering 走開；别煩人；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）異常興奮，神情恍惚