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单词 jig
释义
jig1 nounjig2 verb
jigjig1 /dʒɪɡ/ noun [countable] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Also, you can use this jig if you are taking your posts down and placing them on sawhorses.
  • But I know if I ever get married, the jig is up.
  • Fish the northern side of Bird Island with jigs tipped with minnows at dawn for best results.
  • For this I use a fairly simple jig and accurate setting of the saw.
  • If you build your jig slightly larger than your posts it will slide up and down more easily.
  • Sometimes one of them would leap to his feet and dance a jig before falling over.
word sets
WORD SETS
arabesque, nounballerina, nounballet, nounballet dancer, nounballroom, nounballroom dancing, nounbelly dance, nounbolero, nounboogie, verbbop, verbbop, nounbossanova, nounbreakdancing, nouncabaret, nouncancan, nouncha-cha, nounchoreograph, verbchoreography, nounchorus, nounconga, nouncountry dancing, noundance, noundance, verbdo-si-do, nounexotic dancer, nounflamenco, nounfloor show, nounfolk dance, nounfootwork, nounfoxtrot, noungo-go dancer, nounhoofer, nounhornpipe, nounhula, nounjig, nounjitterbug, nounjive, nounjive, verblambada, nounminuet, nounmorris dancing, nounpas de deux, nounpirouette, nounpolka, nounprima ballerina, nounquadrille, nounquickstep, nounreel, nounroutine, nounrumba, nounsalsa, nounsamba, nounsquare dance, nounstep, nounstudio, nountango, nountango, verbtap, nountap dancing, nountarantella, nountwo-step, nounwaltz, nounwaltz, verb
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB
· Sometimes one of them would leap to his feet and dance a jig before falling over.· There, all alone in his dark deep room of rock, Tarantula danced a jig.· We danced a little jig around the food, hardly believing our luck.· Did we laugh and celebrate and dance a hundred jigs?· A girl his age was dancing a jig to the music.
1a type of quick dance, or a piece of music for this dance2a piece of equipment for holding a tool, a piece of wood etc in position
jig1 nounjig2 verb
jigjig2 verb (past tense and past participle jigged, present participle jigging) [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINjig2
Origin:
1500-1600 Probably from French giguer ‘to dance’, from Old French gigue ‘violin’
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
jig
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theyjig
he, she, itjigs
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theyjigged
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave jigged
he, she, ithas jigged
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad jigged
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill jig
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have jigged
Continuous Form
PresentIam jigging
he, she, itis jigging
you, we, theyare jigging
PastI, he, she, itwas jigging
you, we, theywere jigging
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been jigging
he, she, ithas been jigging
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been jigging
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be jigging
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been jigging
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Dexter jigged his toes on the floor of Blanche's office, impatient for the night to slip away quickly.
  • In the second operation the cross truss frames, having been previously jigged together, were assembled in the frame.
  • Long black leather chairs invited you to lay back, headphones on, and just jig about to music of your choice.
  • Margaret Trudeau jigging in rolled-up slacks.
  • No-one cared that she jacked in to the lock on the tutor's door, feeling around mentally to jig it open.
  • The houses joined in, sluggishly flirting their bellies at him, growing blacker as he jigged onward.
  • Under the table his feet jig on their soles.
  • You keep a straight course, let him jig around you.
to dance or move up and down with quick short movements
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