1British informal The practice of entering competitions, especially those promoting consumer products.
〈英，非正式〉参赛（尤指为了促销产品而举办的竞赛、比赛）
she received her copy of Competitor's Companion and entered the exciting world of comping
2The action of playing a musical accompaniment, especially in jazz or blues.
（尤指爵士乐或勃鲁斯音乐中的）伴奏
the guitarists approach the delicacy of Cole in their comping
Example sentencesExamples
The comping and soloing chapters contain numerous ‘grooves’ to illustrate stylistic elements.
When Soler steps up to his Rhodes to take a solo, it's more like a talented amateur comping than a meaningful elaboration on a musical theme.
The head is a beautiful meditation that is aided by McBee's sensitive, free foundation and Markowitz's rubato comping.
DeJohnette takes a solo over a loose vamp by Holland and some free comping by Allen.
The solos are strong enough to withstand the rhythm section's energetic and interactive comping.
Melodies fly across liquid ensemble passages that break into caustic soloing - collisions between soloists, aggressive comping, drummers who knock around like they're ripping the floorboards out from under you.
Although Wonder is an accomplished keyboardist, the keyboard in his pop songs consists of comping (patterns accompanying the vocal melody).
Hunter's detailed comping is as engaging as any of his solos.
Graf's rhythm guitar and Paul LaBrise's able piano comping usually free him up to do whatever he wants, too, and his responses to the vocal melodies are usually more interesting than the vocals themselves.
3The process of making composite images, especially electronically.
（尤指电子）图像合成
Stefan did the comping and rendering, and it came together just great
Derivatives
comper
nounˈkɒmpəˈkɑmpər
British informal
A person who regularly enters competitions, especially those promoting consumer products.
〈英，非正式〉参赛（尤指为了促销产品而举办的竞赛、比赛）
there are loads of sites updating compers of all the latest competitions
Example sentencesExamples
Many compers also subscribe to magazines which give details about the best competitions around each month.
Not an easy question, but most experienced compers find it's not unreasonable to expect to win 5-10% of the comps they have entered.
Sorry to mix metaphors, but going out of your way to hear good compers is also sort of like keeping your eye on the linebackers in an American football game.
Definition of comping in US English:
comping
nounˈkämpiNG
1The process of making composite images, especially electronically.
（尤指电子）图像合成
2The action of playing a musical accompaniment, especially in jazz or blues.
（尤指爵士乐或勃鲁斯音乐中的）伴奏
Example sentencesExamples
The solos are strong enough to withstand the rhythm section's energetic and interactive comping.
Graf's rhythm guitar and Paul LaBrise's able piano comping usually free him up to do whatever he wants, too, and his responses to the vocal melodies are usually more interesting than the vocals themselves.
The head is a beautiful meditation that is aided by McBee's sensitive, free foundation and Markowitz's rubato comping.
Hunter's detailed comping is as engaging as any of his solos.
DeJohnette takes a solo over a loose vamp by Holland and some free comping by Allen.
Melodies fly across liquid ensemble passages that break into caustic soloing - collisions between soloists, aggressive comping, drummers who knock around like they're ripping the floorboards out from under you.
When Soler steps up to his Rhodes to take a solo, it's more like a talented amateur comping than a meaningful elaboration on a musical theme.
Although Wonder is an accomplished keyboardist, the keyboard in his pop songs consists of comping (patterns accompanying the vocal melody).
The comping and soloing chapters contain numerous ‘grooves’ to illustrate stylistic elements.
3British informal The practice of entering competitions, especially those promoting consumer products.