英语词汇“to fly a kite”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. To cause (a kite) to rise and maintain its position in the air. Also colloquial or slang, to fly a kite: to raise money by an accommodation bill; also, to try something out; to act in an exploratory manner; hence to fly a bill; colloquial (chiefly U.S.), go fly a kite = ‘go away’, ‘be off’.

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society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > other toys > [verb (transitive)] > fly kite

fly1739

society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [verb (intransitive)] > use bills of exchange

redraw1697

to fly a kite1808

shave1832

to draw pig on (also upon) pork1846

to fly a bill1861

society > trade and finance > financial dealings > borrowing money > borrow money [verb (intransitive)] > borrow money by means of fictitious bills

to fly a kite1808

to fly a bill1861

1739 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 24 July (1932) (modernized text) II. 367 If you were to fly your kite.

1808 Sporting Mag. 32 181 In Ireland flying the kite is used as a cant phrase for raising money on accommodation bills.

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. ii. 23 One of the amusements of the prisoners was flying kites.

1848 Punch 27 May 226/1 He never does ‘a little discounting’ nor lends his hand to ‘flying a kite’.

1861 A. Trollope Framley Parsonage II. xi. 218 Fly a bill, and let Tozer have it to get cash on it in the city!

1875 Ld. Tennyson Queen Mary i. v. 50 O Madam, You fly your thoughts like kites.

1928 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 7 Jan. 21/2 Now would you like for mamma to go on reading to you about this Polark soldier and his girl friend, or would you like to go fly a kite.

1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 291/2 Fly a, the, kite,.. to test public opinion by tentative measures.

1942 ‘H. Pentecost’ I'll sing at your Funeral (1945) vii. 64 ‘He suggested,’ said Bradley, with a sigh, ‘that I go fly a kite!’

1951 C. P. Snow Masters xv. 137 At the beginning Brown had, as he used to say, ‘flown a kite’ for compromise, now Chrystal joined him.

1961 Lebende Sprachen 6 99/2 Go jump in the lake,..go fly a kite; DDT (drop dead twice).

1971 Nature 26 Feb. 584/1 The solution, the committee suggests—and it is plainly flying a kite and not laying down policy—may be a more selective way of choosing the departments to which studentships will be allocated.

b. to fly (or send up) a kite (figurative): to try ‘how the wind blows’, i.e. in what direction affairs are tending. (See also 4) A proposal or suggestion offered or ‘thrown out’ tentatively in order to ‘see how the wind blows’. (Cf. ballon d'essai n.) See also fly v.¹ 5a.

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the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > try experiments or make experiment [verb (intransitive)] > try project or proposal to test attitudes

to fly (or send up) a kite1831

the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > [noun] > an experiment > proposal or project to test attitudes

feeler1823

ballon d'essai1858

to fly a kite1902

trial balloon1939

1831 Visct. Palmerston in H. L. Bulwer Life Palmerston (1871) II. 65 Charles John [King of Sweden] flew a kite at us for the Garter the other day, but without success.

1902 Nature 14 Aug. 380/2 A few suggestions have been thrown out by various students which must be regarded more as trial hypotheses than as definite conclusions, indeed they should be looked upon rather as ‘Kites’.

1904 Westm. Gaz. 5 Aug. 2/2 The new Army scheme..is to be debated on Monday, but whether as a Government proposal or the private kite of the Minister for War remains wholly obscure.

1973 A. MacVicar Painted Doll Affair ii. 29 ‘I'm sorry ye're lumbered wi' me,’ he said, sounding anything but sorry. I ignored this blatant kite.

单词	to fly a kite
释义	> as lemmas to fly a kite a. To cause (a kite) to rise and maintain its position in the air. Also colloquial or slang, to fly a kite: to raise money by an accommodation bill; also, to try something out; to act in an exploratory manner; hence to fly a bill; colloquial (chiefly U.S.), go fly a kite = ‘go away’, ‘be off’. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > other toys > [verb (transitive)] > fly kite fly1739 society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [verb (intransitive)] > use bills of exchange redraw1697 to fly a kite1808 shave1832 to draw pig on (also upon) pork1846 to fly a bill1861 society > trade and finance > financial dealings > borrowing money > borrow money [verb (intransitive)] > borrow money by means of fictitious bills to fly a kite1808 to fly a bill1861 1739 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 24 July (1932) (modernized text) II. 367 If you were to fly your kite. 1808 Sporting Mag. 32 181 In Ireland flying the kite is used as a cant phrase for raising money on accommodation bills. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. ii. 23 One of the amusements of the prisoners was flying kites. 1848 Punch 27 May 226/1 He never does ‘a little discounting’ nor lends his hand to ‘flying a kite’. 1861 A. Trollope Framley Parsonage II. xi. 218 Fly a bill, and let Tozer have it to get cash on it in the city! 1875 Ld. Tennyson Queen Mary i. v. 50 O Madam, You fly your thoughts like kites. 1928 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 7 Jan. 21/2 Now would you like for mamma to go on reading to you about this Polark soldier and his girl friend, or would you like to go fly a kite. 1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 291/2 Fly a, the, kite,.. to test public opinion by tentative measures. 1942 ‘H. Pentecost’ I'll sing at your Funeral (1945) vii. 64 ‘He suggested,’ said Bradley, with a sigh, ‘that I go fly a kite!’ 1951 C. P. Snow Masters xv. 137 At the beginning Brown had, as he used to say, ‘flown a kite’ for compromise, now Chrystal joined him. 1961 Lebende Sprachen 6 99/2 Go jump in the lake,..go fly a kite; DDT (drop dead twice). 1971 Nature 26 Feb. 584/1 The solution, the committee suggests—and it is plainly flying a kite and not laying down policy—may be a more selective way of choosing the departments to which studentships will be allocated. extracted from flyv.¹ to fly (or send up) a kite b. to fly (or send up) a kite (figurative): to try ‘how the wind blows’, i.e. in what direction affairs are tending. (See also 4) A proposal or suggestion offered or ‘thrown out’ tentatively in order to ‘see how the wind blows’. (Cf. ballon d'essai n.) See also fly v.¹ 5a. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > try experiments or make experiment [verb (intransitive)] > try project or proposal to test attitudes to fly (or send up) a kite1831 the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > [noun] > an experiment > proposal or project to test attitudes feeler1823 ballon d'essai1858 to fly a kite1902 trial balloon1939 1831 Visct. Palmerston in H. L. Bulwer Life Palmerston (1871) II. 65 Charles John [King of Sweden] flew a kite at us for the Garter the other day, but without success. 1902 Nature 14 Aug. 380/2 A few suggestions have been thrown out by various students which must be regarded more as trial hypotheses than as definite conclusions, indeed they should be looked upon rather as ‘Kites’. 1904 Westm. Gaz. 5 Aug. 2/2 The new Army scheme..is to be debated on Monday, but whether as a Government proposal or the private kite of the Minister for War remains wholly obscure. 1973 A. MacVicar Painted Doll Affair ii. 29 ‘I'm sorry ye're lumbered wi' me,’ he said, sounding anything but sorry. I ignored this blatant kite. extracted from kiten. < as lemmas
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