a performance by musicians playing popular music or jazz in front of an audience; a similar performance by a comedian （流行音樂或爵士樂）現場演奏會，現場演唱會；現場喜劇表演 They're doing a gig in Boston tonight. 他們今晚在波士頓表演。 an Arctic Monkeys gig 北極猴子表演
Collocations MusicMusic 音樂 Listening 聽 - listen to/enjoy/love/be into music/classical music/jazz/pop/hip-hop, etc.
聽／欣賞／喜愛／迷上音樂／古典音樂／爵士樂／流行音樂／嘻哈音樂等 - listen to the radio/an MP3 player/a CD
聽收音機／MP3 播放器／CD - put on/play a CD/a song/some music
播放 CD／歌曲／音樂 - turn down/up the music/radio/volume/bass
調小／調大音樂／收音機／音量／低音 - go to a concert/festival/gig/performance/recital
去聽音樂會；去看會演／現場演唱會／演出／音樂演奏會 - copy/burn/rip music/a CD/a DVD
複制／刻錄／翻錄音樂／CD／DVD - download/stream music/an album/a song/a video/a playlist
Playing 演奏 - play a musical instrument/the piano/percussion/a note/a riff/the melody/a concerto/a duet/by ear
演奏樂器／鋼琴／打擊樂／音符／重複段／主旋律／協奏曲／二重奏；憑聽覺記憶演奏 - sing an anthem/a ballad/a solo/an aria/the blues/in a choir/soprano/alto/tenor/bass/out of tune
唱國歌／民歌；獨唱；唱詠歎調／藍調歌曲；在合唱團演唱；唱女高音／中音／男高音／男低音；唱歌走調 - hum a tune/a theme tune/a lullaby
哼曲子／主題曲／搖籃曲 - accompany a singer/choir
爲歌手／合唱團伴奏 - strum a chord/guitar
彈奏和弦／吉他
Performing 表演 - form/start/get together/join/quit/leave a band
組建／創辦／組成／加入／退出／離開樂隊 - give a performance/concert/recital
表演節目；舉辦音樂會／音樂演奏會 - do a concert/recital/gig
開音樂會／音樂演奏會／現場演唱會 - play a concert/gig/festival/venue
在音樂會／現場演唱會／會演／音樂廳演出 - perform (British English) at/in a concert/(especially North American English) a concert
在音樂會上演出 - appear at a festival/live
現身會演；現場表演 - go on/embark on a (world) tour
進行／開始（全球）巡演
Recording 錄制 - write/compose music/a ballad/a melody/a tune/a song/a theme song/an opera/a symphony
寫／創作音樂／民謠／旋律／曲子／歌曲／主題歌／歌劇／交響曲 - land/get/sign a record deal
獲得／簽署唱片合約 - be signed to/be dropped by a record company
與唱片公司簽約；被唱片公司解約 - record/release/put out an album/a single/a CD
錄制／發行／出版專輯／單曲／CD - be top of/top the charts
高居每周流行唱片排行榜之首 - get to/go straight to/go straight in at/enter the charts at number one
位列／一舉登上／進入排行榜首位
Extra ExamplesTopics Musicb2He played with the band at a recent gig. 他在最近一次表演中和那支樂隊同台演出。 The guide lists live music events in the area, including pub gigs. 這份指南中列出了本地區的現場音樂活動，包括酒吧演出。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- live
- paid
- paying
- …
- do
- play
- get
- …
- at a/the gig
- (especially North American English, informal)
a job, especially a temporary one （尤指臨時的）工作 She landed her first gig on a kids' TV show. 她在一個兒童電視節目中獲得了她的第一份工作。 - gig as something
a gig as a basketball coach 臨時籃球教練
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- live
- paid
- paying
- …
- do
- play
- get
- …
- at a/the gig
- (informal) (also gigabyte)(abbreviation GB)(
computing 計算機 a unit of computer memory or data, equal to 109, or 1 0003, (= 1000000000) bytes 十億字節，吉字節，千兆字節（十進制計算機内存或數據單位，等於 1 000 000 000 字節） - (informal) (also gigabyte, gibibyte)(abbreviation GB)(
computing 計算機 a unit of computer memory or data, equal to 230, or 1 0243, (= 1073741824) bytes 吉字節，千兆字節（二進制計算機内存或數據單位，等於 1 073 741 824 字節） a small light carriage with two wheels, pulled by one horse 單馬雙輪輕便馬車
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.