blitz

blitz
I [blɪts]
nome
1) mil. aer. incursione f. aerea, blitz m.

the Blitz — BE stor. = bombardamento aereo delle città britanniche da parte dei tedeschi durante la seconda guerra mondiale

2) fig.

to have a blitz on sth. — darci dentro con qcs

II [blɪts]
verbo transitivo bombardare (anche fig.)
* * *
[bli ] 1. noun
(a sudden, vigorous attack, originally in war.) attacco
2. verb
(to make an attack on (usually in war): They blitzed London during the war.) attaccare
* * *
[blɪts]
1. n
Mil blitz m inv

to have a blitz on sth fig — prendere d'assalto qc

2. vt
bombardare
* * *
blitz /blɪts/ (ted.)
n.
1 (mil.) blitz; attacco improvviso; incursione
2 (stor.) the Blitz, il bombardamento aereo di Londra (1940-41)
3 (fig. fam.) periodo di intensa attività (per eliminare qc.); repulisti: We had a blitz on all those unanswered letters, abbiamo fatto fuori tutta quella corrispondenza inevasa; a blitz on the kitchen, una pulizia da cima a fondo in cucina
4 (fig., rif. a pubblicità) battage; bombardamento: an advertising blitz, un battage pubblicitario; media blitz, grande campagna mediatica
FALSI AMICI: blitz non significa blitz nel senso di irruzione della polizia. (to) blitz /blɪts/
v. t. (mil. e fig.)
1 attaccare; sottoporre a incursioni aeree
2 danneggiare; distruggere: blitzed areas, zone danneggiate (o distrutte) da bombardamento aereo
3 (fig. fam.) far fuori; demolire; annientare.
* * *
I [blɪts]
nome
1) mil. aer. incursione f. aerea, blitz m.

the Blitz — BE stor. = bombardamento aereo delle città britanniche da parte dei tedeschi durante la seconda guerra mondiale

2) fig.

to have a blitz on sth. — darci dentro con qcs

II [blɪts]
verbo transitivo bombardare (anche fig.)

English-Italian dictionary. 2013.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Blitz — Blitz, German for lightning or very fast , may refer to:Armed Conflict*Blitzkrieg, the very fast executed war , a strategy of World War 2 Germany. *The Blitz, the German aerial attacks on Britain in WWII. The name Blitz was subsequently applied… …   Wikipedia

  • Blitz — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda El Blitz fue el bombardeo sostenido del Reino Unido por la Alemania Nazi entre el 7 de septiembre de 1940 y el 16 de mayo de 1941. Fue llevado a cabo por la Luftwaffe, y afectó a numerosas poblaciones y ciudades,… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Blitz — [blɪts̮], der; es, e: [im Zickzack] kurz und grell aufleuchtendes Licht, das bei Gewitter entsteht: der Blitz hat in einen Baum eingeschlagen; vom Blitz erschlagen werden. Zus.: Elektronenblitz, Kugelblitz; ☆ wie der Blitz (ugs.): sehr schnell; ☆ …   Universal-Lexikon

  • blitz — [ blits ] n. m. • 1940; de blitzkrieg 1 ♦ Guerre, combat de courte durée. 2 ♦ Partie d échecs où le temps de réflexion des joueurs est très limité. Faire un blitz. ● blitz nom masculin (anglais blitz, de l allemand Blitzkrieg, guerre éclair)… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Blitz++ — is a high performance vector mathematics library written in C++. This library is intended for use in scientific applications that might otherwise be implemented with Fortran or MATLAB.Blitz++ utilizes advanced C++ template metaprogramming… …   Wikipedia

  • Blitz [3] — Blitz, elektrischer Entladungsfunke, meist von großen Dimensionen (102 bis 103 m Länge), hervorgerufen durch Spannungsunterschiede in der Atmosphäre. J.H. Winkler in Leipzig, 1746, vermutete zuerst elektrische Ursache. Franklin stellte ihn… …   Lexikon der gesamten Technik

  • blitz — [blɪts] noun [countable usually singular] MARKETING a lot of activity designed to produce a particular result: • a blitz of television commercials • a year long marketing blitz that attracted millions of customers back to its service * * * blitz… …   Financial and business terms

  • blitz — [blıts] n [C usually singular] [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: blitzkrieg] 1.) a sudden military attack, especially from the air the Blitz (=the bombing of British cities by German aircraft in 1940 and 1941) 2.) informal a period of great effort in… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Blitz — Blitz, Wetterstrahl. Wenn man den geladenen Conductor einer Elektrisirmaschine (s. d. Art.) mit der Hand berührt, so springt aus jenem in diese ein Funken über; dieselbe Erscheinung ist auch der Blitz, nur bei Weitem großartiger, indem hier an… …   Damen Conversations Lexikon

  • blitz´er — blitz «blihts», noun, verb, adjective. –n. 1. = blitzkrieg. (Cf. ↑blitzkrieg) 2. a sudden, violent attack using many airplanes and tanks. 3. any sudden, violent attack. 4. Football Slang. the defensive tactic of blitzing or red dogging. –v.t. 1.… …   Useful english dictionary

  • blitz — litz n. 1. (football) a quick move by defensive players toward the passer on the offensive team, as soon as the ball is snapped; it is used when the defensive teams assumes that a pass will be attempted, and risks allowing substantial gains by… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”