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单词 shindig
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Definition of shindig in English:

shindig

noun ˈʃɪndɪɡˈʃɪnˌdɪɡ
informal
  • 1A large, lively party, especially one celebrating something.

    〈非正式〉盛大的聚会

    the glitziest of election night shindigs
    our album launch shindig
    Example sentencesExamples
    • One shindig, on the night before May's primary, cost more than $61,000.
    • The shindig actually starts days before the party when the first of the very-Florida decorations appear.
    • I'm not sure I'm up for another shindig after last night but it needs investigation!
    • New York Social Diary is your link to the parties, events, openings, launches, shindigs, bashes, and general social whirlwind that is the East Coast social scene.
    • Regrettably, such dialectics piled on the post-punk jumble are too didactic to warrant repeat listenings, even at grad-school shindigs.
    • Plan to nap the day of the shindig so you'll be awake that night and into the next dawn.
    • It was a mark of your class to show how much one could spend on a wedding, and the reception had to be the shindig of the year.
    • With her new equipment in tow, she traveled around town, hosting private parties and corporate shindigs.
    • Lorna, who works in the town square's newsagent, believes the town has been primed for a celebrity shindig since the 1960s.
    • Local chapters throw buyer-seller shindigs to introduce members to worthy crops and breeds and the eco-conscious farmers who raise them.
    • In the week it was confirmed that these guys are to go national with their Friday night shindig, they make a well-timed appearance away from the cameras.
    • Since we don't have a curfew Friday, we thought a bunch of the girls could get together in the rec hut and have a little shindig.
    • The stellar shindig featured various celebrity types, some free snacks and drinks, and lots of great atmosphere.
    • I hope this shindig doesn't turn into a super shindig because I lost my whole family at a cowboy dance last year.
    • Plus, bloggers can also report on an issue that mainstream journalists would be reluctant to cover - how mainstream journalists behave at these shindigs.
    • One year, a lady friend insisted we ‘party hop’ to three shindigs and it was one of the worst evenings of my life.
    • The shindig in question was the Party's anniversary bash at the New South Wales Parliament yesterday.
    • So there's this big dance party shindig on Saturday night.
    • They are known for their lavish and eccentric parties, so we expect nothing less from their wedding shindig.
    Synonyms
    social gathering, gathering, social occasion, social event, social function, function, get-together, celebration, reunion, festivity, jamboree, reception, at-home, soirée, social
    1. 1.1 A noisy disturbance or quarrel.
      喧闹;争吵
      Synonyms
      disturbance, quarrel, scuffle, brawl, affray, tussle, melee, free-for-all, fight, clash, skirmish, brouhaha, riot, uproar, commotion

Origin

Mid 19th century: probably from the nouns shin and dig, influenced later by shindy.

Definition of shindig in US English:

shindig

nounˈʃɪnˌdɪɡˈSHinˌdiɡ
informal
  • A large, lively party, especially one celebrating something.

    〈非正式〉盛大的聚会

    the glitziest of election night shindigs
    our album launch shindig
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Plus, bloggers can also report on an issue that mainstream journalists would be reluctant to cover - how mainstream journalists behave at these shindigs.
    • I hope this shindig doesn't turn into a super shindig because I lost my whole family at a cowboy dance last year.
    • Since we don't have a curfew Friday, we thought a bunch of the girls could get together in the rec hut and have a little shindig.
    • One shindig, on the night before May's primary, cost more than $61,000.
    • The shindig in question was the Party's anniversary bash at the New South Wales Parliament yesterday.
    • Regrettably, such dialectics piled on the post-punk jumble are too didactic to warrant repeat listenings, even at grad-school shindigs.
    • I'm not sure I'm up for another shindig after last night but it needs investigation!
    • The shindig actually starts days before the party when the first of the very-Florida decorations appear.
    • Lorna, who works in the town square's newsagent, believes the town has been primed for a celebrity shindig since the 1960s.
    • Local chapters throw buyer-seller shindigs to introduce members to worthy crops and breeds and the eco-conscious farmers who raise them.
    • It was a mark of your class to show how much one could spend on a wedding, and the reception had to be the shindig of the year.
    • So there's this big dance party shindig on Saturday night.
    • New York Social Diary is your link to the parties, events, openings, launches, shindigs, bashes, and general social whirlwind that is the East Coast social scene.
    • They are known for their lavish and eccentric parties, so we expect nothing less from their wedding shindig.
    • In the week it was confirmed that these guys are to go national with their Friday night shindig, they make a well-timed appearance away from the cameras.
    • One year, a lady friend insisted we ‘party hop’ to three shindigs and it was one of the worst evenings of my life.
    • Plan to nap the day of the shindig so you'll be awake that night and into the next dawn.
    • With her new equipment in tow, she traveled around town, hosting private parties and corporate shindigs.
    • The stellar shindig featured various celebrity types, some free snacks and drinks, and lots of great atmosphere.
    Synonyms
    social gathering, gathering, social occasion, social event, social function, function, get-together, celebration, reunion, festivity, jamboree, reception, at-home, soirée, social

Origin

Mid 19th century: probably from the nouns shin and dig, influenced later by shindy.

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