kite

aquilone

Oggetto leggero che vola nel vento mentre lo si tiene legato a un lungo filo.

In inglese semplice: A light object that flies in the wind while you hold it by a long string.

• Let’s fly a kite on the beach.
• Her kite got caught in a tree.
• The children made colorful kites from paper.

Espressioni comuni: fly a kite, paper kite, kite string, kite tail

nibbio

Uccello dalle ali lunghe che caccia piccoli animali o mangia animali morti.

In inglese semplice: A bird with long wings that hunts small animals or eats dead ones.

• A red kite flew over the field.
• The kite circled above a dead animal.
• We saw several kites hunting near the river.

Espressioni comuni: red kite, black kite

deltoide

Quadrilatero con due coppie di lati uguali, in cui i lati di ciascuna coppia sono adiacenti.

In inglese semplice: A shape with four sides, arranged in two pairs of equal sides that meet at a corner.

• Draw a kite with four sides.
• A square is a kite under some mathematical definitions.
• The students measured the diagonals of their kites.

Espressioni comuni: draw a kite, kite shape

fare kitesurf

Muoversi sull’acqua, sulla neve o sulla terra facendosi trainare da un grande aquilone.

In inglese semplice: To move over water, snow, or land while pulled by a large object flying in the wind.

• We kited across the bay.
• She learned to kite on snow last winter.
• They were kiting along the coast when the wind dropped.

Come si usa: kite across/along something (They kited across the lake in a strong wind.)

Sinonimi: kitesurf

Espressioni comuni: kite across something, kite around something

far salire, far schizzare

Far salire o aumentare qualcosa molto rapidamente.

In inglese semplice: To make something rise or increase very quickly.

• Higher fuel charges kited delivery costs.
• A sudden gust kited the loose sheet upward.
• The shortage has kited prices across the region.

Sinonimi: raise, drive up

Contrari: lower

Espressioni comuni: kite prices, kite something upward