/blɪts; blɪts/ n
1 [C] sudden intensive military attack, esp from the air 闪击; （尤指）空袭
*carry out a blitz on enemy targets 对敌方目标进行闪电式空袭
* [attrib 作定语] blitz bombing 闪击轰炸.
2 the Blitz [sing] intensive German air raids on Britain in
1940 1940年德国对英国的猛烈空袭.
3 [C] ~ (on sth) (fig infml 比喻, 口) any sudden or concentrated effort （突击性的或集中性的）工作
*I had a blitz on the kitchen today, and now it's really clean. 我今天在厨房里做了一阵扫除, 现在确实乾净了.

v [Tn] attack or damage (sth) in a blitz （以闪电式空袭）攻击或破坏（某物）
*Many towns were badly blitzed during the war. 战争中许多城镇毁于空袭.

n [C usually singular]
[Date: 1900-2000; Origin: blitzkrieg]
a sudden military attack, especially from the air
the Blitz
(=the bombing of British cities by German aircraft in 1940 and 1941)
informal a period of great effort in order to deal with something quickly and completely
blitz on
　We'll have to have a blitz on the house before your parents arrive.
a big effort to make people notice something or buy something
a media/marketing/advertising etc blitz
　The campaign was launched with a nationwide publicity blitz.
>blitzv [T]
　News came that Rotterdam had been blitzed.