| 单词 | gig |
| 释义 | Related topics: Musicgig1 /ɡɪɡ/ noun [countable] 1 APMa performance by a musician or a group of musicians playing modern popular music or jazz, or a performance by a comedian 〔现代流行音乐或爵士乐的〕演奏会；〔喜剧演员的〕滑稽表演do/play/have a gig The band are doing a gig in Sheffield on Nov 12. 11月12日乐队要在谢菲尔德举办演奏会。2 informal a job, especially one that does not last for a long time 〔尤指短时的〕工作n That's a nice gig if you can get it!3. informal a gigabyte 千兆字节，十亿字节，吉字节Examples from the Corpusgig• They are doing about 30 gigs on their European tour.• Tom's band has a gig at the Blues Bar next week.• We have a gig in L.A. on Thursday.• Bored perhaps, they decided to reunite, doing gigs on their own at first.• Working for a TV show is a pretty good gig.• Charman, who decided to stay put, began logging gigs in a tour diary.• Stuff he's into: Skateboarding, hip-hop and rock music, gigs, clubbing.• It isn't a perfect gig, but there's a fair buzz.• It's a real gig but it isn't.• I had crossed paths with Brian for the previous decade as we played solo gigs around the Valley.• So I cancelled the gig and they got the piano that was the right size and the gig was back on.do/play/have a gig• You can't beat playing a gig, you get such a buzz off it.• Some bands think that just playing gigs will be enough to attract a following.• I had got totally pissed and had to do a gig that night.• Soon after Ling left, Gish was invited to return, though only to play gigs.• The only problem is, one of them's still only thirteen and has to get time off school to play gigs.• The incident happened in Pittsburgh where the band were playing a gig.Related topics: Musicgig2 verb (gigged, gigging) [intransitive] APMto give a performance of modern popular music or jazz 演奏现代流行音乐[爵士乐]→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusgig• We were gigging and getting well paid for it.• After a couple of years gigging at festivals, clubs and raves.• They were the ultimate road band, gigging everywhere.• That was the first time I'd had any money out of gigging in a year.• I love gigging in the South although, oddly, it's the only place we've ever received death threats.• The band, who've been gigging only sporadically, will play at least one London show before the end of November.From Longman Business Dictionarygiggig /gɪg/ noun [countable] informal1American EnglishJOB a job, especially one that does not last for a long timeWorking for a TV show is a pretty good gig.2COMPUTING a gigabytea 2 gig memory stickOrigin gig1 1. (1900-2000) Origin unknown. 2. (1900-2000) gigabytegig1 noungig2 verbLDOCE OnlineChinese Corpus Business a a or performance a musician by group |
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