gig

noun

/ɡɪɡ/

a performance by musicians playing popular music or jazz in front of an audience; a similar performance by a comedian（流行音乐、爵士乐或喜剧）现场演出，现场表演
- They're doing a gig in Boston tonight.他们今晚在波士顿表演。
- an Arctic Monkeys gig“北极猴子”乐队的演唱会
Collocations Music
MusicListening
- listen to/enjoy/love/be into music/classical music/jazz/pop/hip-hop, etc.
- listen to the radio/an MP3 player/a CD
- put on/play a CD/a song/some music
- turn down/up the music/radio/volume/bass
- go to a concert/festival/gig/performance/recital
- copy/burn/rip music/a CD/a DVD
- download/stream music/an album/a song/a video/a playlist
Playing
- play a musical instrument/the piano/percussion/a note/a riff/the melody/a concerto/a duet/by ear
- sing an anthem/a ballad/a solo/an aria/the blues/in a choir/soprano/alto/tenor/bass/out of tune
- hum a tune/a theme tune/a lullaby
- accompany a singer/choir
- strum a chord/guitar
Performing
- form/start/get together/join/quit/leave a band
- give a performance/concert/recital
- do a concert/recital/gig
- play a concert/gig/festival/venue
- perform (British English) at/in a concert/(especially North American English) a concert
- appear at a festival/live
- go on/embark on a (world) tour
Recording
- write/compose music/a ballad/a melody/a tune/a song/a theme song/an opera/a symphony
- land/get/sign a record deal
- be signed to/be dropped by a record company
- record/release/put out an album/a single/a CD
- be top of/top the charts
- get to/go straight to/go straight in at/enter the charts at number one
Extra Examples
- He played with the band at a recent gig.他在最近一次表演中和那支乐队同台演出。
- The guide lists live music events in the area, including pub gigs.这份指南中列出了本地区的现场音乐活动，包括酒吧演出。
Topics Musicb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- live
- paid
- paying
- …
verb + gig
- do
- play
- get
- …
preposition
- at a/the gig
(especially North American English, informal) a job, especially a temporary one（尤指临时的）工作
- She landed her first gig on a kids' TV show.她在儿童电视节目中获得了第一场演出。
- gig as something a gig as a basketball coach临时篮球教练
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- live
- paid
- paying
- …
verb + gig
- do
- play
- get
- …
preposition
- at a/the gig
(informal)
(also gigabyte)

(abbreviation GB)
(computing) a unit of computer memory or data, equal to 109, or 1 0003, (= 1000000000) bytes十亿字节，吉字节，千兆字节（十进制计算机内存或数据单位，等于 1 000 000 000 字节）
(informal)
(also gigabyte, gibibyte)

(abbreviation GB)
(computing) a unit of computer memory or data, equal to 230, or 1 0243, (= 1073741824) bytes吉字节，千兆字节（二进制计算机内存或数据单位，等于 1 073 741 824 字节）
a small light carriage with two wheels, pulled by one horse单马双轮轻便马车

Word Originsense 4 late 18th cent.: apparently a transferred sense of obsolete gig ‘a flighty girl’, which was also applied to various objects or devices that whirled.senses 1 to 2 1920s: of unknown origin.

gig

verb

/ɡɪɡ/

[intransitive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they gig	/ɡɪɡ/ /ɡɪɡ/
he / she / it gigs	/ɡɪɡz/ /ɡɪɡz/
past simple gigged	/ɡɪɡd/ /ɡɪɡd/
past participle gigged	/ɡɪɡd/ /ɡɪɡd/
-ing form gigging	/ˈɡɪɡɪŋ/ /ˈɡɪɡɪŋ/

to give musical performances in front of audiences, especially of modern music like rock, pop or jazz举办现场演出；进行现场表演
- We were gigging two or three nights a week.我们一周有两三个晚上要演出。
- + adv./prep. Zoe started off singing as part of a reggae band, gigging around the country.佐伊开始作为雷鬼乐队的一员唱歌，在全国各地演出。
Topics Musicc2
Word Originsense 4 late 18th cent.: apparently a transferred sense of obsolete gig ‘a flighty girl’, which was also applied to various objects or devices that whirled.senses 1 to 2 1920s: of unknown origin.