blitz /blɪts/ noun [countableC usually singular] 1 PMa sudden military attack, especially from the air 闪电般的猛烈袭击〔尤指空袭〕;闪电战the Blitz (=the bombing of British cities by German aircraft in 1940 and 1941) 〔1940至1941年间德国对英国城市发动的〕空袭
2 informalWORK HARD a period of great effort in order to deal with something quickly and completely 闪电行动blitz on We’ll have to have a blitz on the house before your parents arrive. 我们得行动麻利,在你父母到来之前把屋子打扫干净。
3 a big effort to make people notice something or buy something 〔为吸引注意力或吸引人们购买某物的〕大规模行动a media/marketing/advertising etc blitz The campaign was launched with a nationwide publicity blitz. 这次运动以一场声势浩大的全国性的宣传活动开始。
—blitz verb [transitiveT] News came that Rotterdam had been blitzed. 有消息说鹿特丹遭到了空袭。