a performance by musicians playing popular music or jazz in 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 They're doing a gig in Boston tonight. 他们今晚在波士顿表演。 an Arctic Monkeys gig 北极猴子表演
Collocations MusicMusic 音乐 Listening 听 - listen to/enjoy/love/be into music/classical music/jazz/pop/hip-hop, etc.
听／欣赏／喜爱／迷上音乐／古典音乐／爵士乐／流行音乐／嘻哈音乐等 - listen to the radio/an MP3 player/a CD
听收音机／MP3 播放器／CD - put on/play a CD/a song/some music
播放 CD／歌曲／音乐 - turn down/up the music/radio/volume/bass
调小／调大音乐／收音机／音量／低音 - go to a concert/festival/gig/performance/recital
去听音乐会；去看会演／现场演唱会／演出／音乐演奏会 - copy/burn/rip music/a CD/a DVD
复制／刻录／翻录音乐／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
演奏乐器／钢琴／打击乐／音符／重复段／主旋律／协奏曲／二重奏；凭听觉记忆演奏 - sing an anthem/a ballad/a solo/an aria/the blues/in a choir/soprano/alto/tenor/bass/out of tune
唱国歌／民歌；独唱；唱咏叹调／蓝调歌曲；在合唱团演唱；唱女高音／中音／男高音／男低音；唱歌走调 - hum a tune/a theme tune/a lullaby
哼曲子／主题曲／摇篮曲 - accompany a singer/choir
为歌手／合唱团伴奏 - strum a chord/guitar
弹奏和弦／吉他
Performing 表演 - form/start/get together/join/quit/leave a band
组建／创办／组成／加入／退出／离开乐队 - give a performance/concert/recital
表演节目；举办音乐会／音乐演奏会 - do a concert/recital/gig
开音乐会／音乐演奏会／现场演唱会 - play a concert/gig/festival/venue
在音乐会／现场演唱会／会演／音乐厅演出 - perform (British English) at/in a concert/(especially North American English) a concert
在音乐会上演出 - appear at a festival/live
现身会演；现场表演 - go on/embark on a (world) tour
进行／开始（全球）巡演
Recording 录制 - write/compose music/a ballad/a melody/a tune/a song/a theme song/an opera/a symphony
写／创作音乐／民谣／旋律／曲子／歌曲／主题歌／歌剧／交响曲 - land/get/sign a record deal
获得／签署唱片合约 - be signed to/be dropped by a record company
与唱片公司签约；被唱片公司解约 - record/release/put out an album/a single/a CD
录制／发行／出版专辑／单曲／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／一举登上／进入排行榜首位
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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- live
- paid
- paying
- …
- do
- play
- get
- …
- at a/the gig
- (especially North American English, informal)
a job, especially a temporary one （尤指临时的）工作 She landed her first gig on a kids' TV show. 她在一个儿童电视节目中获得了她的第一份工作。 - gig as something
a gig as a basketball coach 临时篮球教练
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- live
- paid
- paying
- …
- do
- play
- get
- …
- at a/the gig
- (informal) (also gigabyte)(abbreviation GB)(
computing 计算机 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 计算机 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.