gig

• n. 旋转物；鱼叉；轻便双轮马车；现场演出；临时工作
• vi. 乘轻便双轮马车；起绒；叉鱼
• vt. 使…起绒；用鱼叉叉；记过处分

1.马车，来自gig古义，旋转，词源同gigolo, whirligig. 引申义轻便马车，因其颠簸而得名，参照cab, 来自caper, 山羊。

2.现场演奏会，来自爵士乐行话，缩写自engagement, 卷入，参与。俚语指工作。

gig (n.1)

"light, two-wheeled carriage, usually drawn by one horse" (1791), also "small boat," 1790, perhaps, on notion of bouncing, from Middle English ghyg "spinning top" (in whyrlegyg, mid-15c.), also "giddy girl" (early 13c., also giglet), from Old Norse geiga "turn sideways," or Danish gig "spinning top." Similar to words in continental Germanic for "fiddle" (such as German Geige); the connecting sense might be "rapid or whirling motion."

gig (n.2)

"job," originally in the argot of jazz musicians, attested from 1915 but said to have been in use c. 1905; of uncertain origin. As a verb, by 1939. Among the earlier meanings of gig was "combination of numbers in betting games" (1847). Related: Gigged; gigging.

1. I am organising a benefit gig in Bristol to raise these funds.

我要在布里斯托尔组织一场义演来募集这些资金。

来自柯林斯例句

2. to do a gig

举行流行音乐演唱会

来自《权威词典》

3. The gig is a sell - out.

这次演奏会座无虚席.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. In 1999, DOD put forward a tentative plan of building global information grid ( GIG ).

1999年, 美国防部提出了建设全球信息栅格 ( globalinformationgrid,GIG ) 的设想.

来自互联网

5. The two bands join forces for a gig at the Sheffield Arena on November 28.

11月28日，这两支乐队将携手在谢菲尔德剧场举办一场演唱会。

来自柯林斯例句