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Gig Performance ɡɪɡ Informal Musicians Noun Popular Music

A gig is informally a live performance by musicians or comedians. It can also refer to a short-term job or a small, two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage.

Ein Gig ist umgangssprachlich eine Live-Performance von Musikern oder Comedians, kann aber auch eine kurzfristige Arbeitsstelle oder eine kleine Kutsche bezeichnen.

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]演唱会;演奏会;现场演出 A gig is a live performance by someone such as a musician or a comedian.
  [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • The two bands join forces for a gig at the Sheffield Arena on November 28...

    11月28日,这两支乐队将携手在谢菲尔德剧场举办一场演唱会。

  • He supplemented his income with occasional comedy gigs.

    他偶尔会表演单口喜剧赚取外快。

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[VERB 动词](公开)表演,演奏 When musicians or other performers gig, they perform live in public.
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  [V-ing]
  [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • By the time he was 15, Scott had gigged with a handful of well-known small bands.

    到15岁的时候,斯科特已经与几支闻名遐迩的小乐队同台演出过。

  • ...ten years of gigging in bars and clubs all over Kentucky.

    足迹遍及肯塔基州各酒吧和夜总会的10年驻唱生涯


Oxford gig / ɡɪɡ ; NAmE ɡɪɡ / noun 1 a performance by musicians playing popular music or jazzin front of an audience; a similar performance by a comedian (流行音乐或爵士乐)现场演奏会,现场演唱会;现场喜剧表演 ◆ to do a gig 举行流行音乐演唱会 ◆ a White Stripes gig 白条纹乐队演奏会 ☞ collocationsat
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2 ( NAmE) ( informal) a job, especially a temporary one (尤指临时的)工作 ◆ a gig as a basketball coach 临时篮球教练 3 ( informal) =
gigabyte
4 a small light carriagewith two wheels, pulled by one horse 单马双轮轻便马车 gig gigs gigged gigging
gig / ɡɪɡ ; NAmE ɡɪɡ /
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giggig1 /ɡɪɡ/ noun [countable]
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1a performance by a musician or a group of musicians playing modern popular music or jazz, or a performance by a comediando/play/have a gig The band are doing a gig in Sheffield on Nov 12.2informal a job, especially one that does not last for a long time:  That's a nice gig if you can get it!3informal a gigabyte
gig1 noun
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giggig2 verb (past tense and past participle gigged, present participle gigging) [intransitive]
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to give a performance of modern popular music or jazz
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gigs[1932]
特约演奏(37%),鱼叉(21%),赛艇(12%),单马双轮轻便马车(6%),临时工作(6%),乘轻便马车或快艇(6%),记军事处分(6%),用鱼叉捕鱼(6%)
n.旋转物;鱼叉;轻便双轮马车;现场演出;临时工作
vt.使…起绒;用鱼叉叉;记过处分
vi.乘轻便双轮马车;起绒;叉鱼

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