1
- an intensive or sudden military attack闪电战, 闪击战, 袭击战。
1.1
the Blitz
the German air raids on Britain in 1940(1940年)德国对英国的空袭。
2
- informal a sudden, energetic, and concerted effort to deal with something〈非正式〉强势联合行动, 突击, 闪电式行动:
the annual booze blitz by the Health Promotion Agency.
卫生促进署开展的年度酒精饮料突击检查。
2.1
- American Football a play in which one or more defensive backs charge the quarterback of the opposing team【美橄】闪击式进攻打法(指后卫向对方四分卫发起的攻击)。
3
- another term for LIGHTNING CHESS.
with obj.
1
- (常作be blitzed)attack or seriously damage (a place or building) in a blitz以闪电战袭击(或重创)(某地, 建筑物):
news came that Rotterdam had been blitzed
有消息传来, 鹿特丹遭到闪电战袭击。
2
- process (food) in an electric mixing machine(在电动搅拌器中)加工(食品):
add the eggs and blitz the mixture until it becomes granular.
把鸡蛋放入并将混合物搅拌成粒状。
3
- American Football charge (the opposing team's quarterback) in a blitz【美橄】突袭(对方队的四分卫)。
短语
Blitz spirit (亦作the spirit of the Blitz)
- Brit. stoicism and determination in a difficult or dangerous situation, especially as displayed by a group of people〈英〉(尤指一群人在困难或危险情况下表现出的)坚韧不拔:
he urged the British public to show their Blitz spirit in the face of the recession.
他要求英国公众在经济衰退面前表现出他们的坚韧不拔。
词源
1930s: abbreviation of BLITZKRIEG.