do/play/have a gig• You can't beatplaying a gig, you get such a buzz off it.• Some bands think that just playing gigs will be enough to attract a following.• I had got totally pissed and had to do a gig that night.• Soon after Ling left, Gish was invited to return, though only to play gigs.• The only problem is, one of them's still only thirteen and has to get time off school to play gigs.• The incident happened in Pittsburgh where the band were playing a gig.
APMto give a performance of modern popular music or jazz 演奏现代流行音乐[爵士乐]
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gig• We were gigging and getting well paid for it.• After a couple of years gigging at festivals, clubs and raves.• They were the ultimateroad band, gigging everywhere.• That was the first time I'd had any money out of gigging in a year.• I lovegigging in the South although, oddly, it's the only place we've ever receiveddeaththreats.• The band, who've been gigging only sporadically, will play at least one London show before the end of November.
From Longman Business Dictionary
giggig /gɪg/ noun [countableC] informal
1American EnglishAmEJOB a job, especially one that does not last for a long time
performance; job表演;工作ADJECTIVE | VERB + GIG | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤live現場表演➤paid, paying有報酬的表演;付酬表演▸➤benefit, charity (both BrE) 慈善表演▸➤free (BrE) 無償表演➤acting, consulting, modeling, speaking (all NAmE) 演戲;咨詢工作;模特兒表演;演講▸➤pub (BrE) 酒吧表演VERB + GIG➤do, play表演;進行表演◇They're doing a gig in Boston tonight.他們今晚在波士頓表演。➤get, land進行表演◇She landed her first gig on Sesame Street.她在芝麻街進行了首場表演。➤go to去看表演PREPOSITION➤at a/the gig在表演會上◇He 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。