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单词 blitz
释义 blitz
I. \ˈblits\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: short for blitzkrieg
1.
 a. : blitzkrieg 1
 b. : an intensive all-out aerial attack or campaign; also : air raid
  < Hitler's blitzes in 1941 — Time >
2. : a fast intensive nonmilitary campaign
 < the top GOP strategists … can hold the Senate by a last-minute blitzNewsweek >
 < a blitz of spot announcements introduced the new models >
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
1.
 a. : to subject to a blitz
  < the district was blitzed regularly — Reader's Digest >
 b. : to make a vigorous attack on
  < an army of doctors blitzed the disease >
2. : to damage by or as if by blitz
 < Congress blitzed them last month by cutting their budgets — Newsweek >
— used chiefly as a past participle
 < not one English city, no matter how badly blitzed — Elmer Davis >
3. : hustle, push, move
 < I was blitzed off my lunch-counter seat — Collier's >
also : to cause to act without due consideration : stampede
 < a drive to blitz the Chicago convention into an early ballot — Christian Science Monitor >
III. adjective
1. : of, resulting from, typical of, or used in a blitz
 < blitz tactics >
 < blitz ground units >
2. : like a blitz especially in speed and effectiveness
 < making a blitz tour of Europe >
3. : involving the offer of unusual discounts or other advantages to stimulate immediate volume sales — used chiefly in the retail automobile trade
 < clearing last year's models in a blitz sale >
IV. noun
: a rush on a passer in football by the linebackers or defensive backs
V. verb
(-s)
transitive verb
1. : to rush (a passer) in football from a position as a linebacker or defensive back
2. : to have (as a linebacker) blitz
intransitive verb
of a linebacker or defensive back : to make a rush on the passer in football
blitz·er noun
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