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单词 prog
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prog1

noun prɒɡprɑɡ
British informal
  • 1A television or radio programme.

    I don't watch cookery progs
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's brilliant, best thing on telly by a mile: fabulous 4th prog.
    • Here's hoping he has more women artists/bands and guests in future progs.
    • I am Australian and it is a fact that we aren't all the drunks portrayed in so many TV progs and jokes.
    • But could they draw out a telly prog any further?
    • I would love to help you put another prog together on OCD.
    • It's noteworthy that she was often pulled up for complaining about progs that she had never viewed.
    • I could never appear on a discussion prog with her, I would end up with a brain haemorrhage.
    • The Jimmy Young prog pre-dated the radio phone-in, so listeners' comments were still written on bits of paper and handed to the presenter.
    • I wish they would get rid of the idiots doing it now - I mean, how many presenters do you need in one prog?
    • TV has tended to dumb down progs in the belief that it makes it better for the public.
    Synonyms
    broadcast, production, show, presentation, transmission, performance, telecast, simulcast, videocast, podcast
  • 2A computer program.

    there are progs for the PC that will convert images to sound
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I know I need to burn off all mah stuff from that work machine tho and remove all the progs that aren't necessary.
    • I tried to cancel the prog with ctrl-alt-del which only caused the screen to lock up.
    • She's running the install prog and not using the updater.
    • I have a prog that uses the cell phone's usb cable to let the laptop connect to the internet through the phone.
    • Each parameter has a tortuous history of manual and semi-automated interventions that I simply cannot just go back to early versions and run the update prog.
    • I tried several times to run the prog with the same result each time.
    • My teacher told me to write a prog.
    • I did use the correct key, NOT one that was generated by the prog.
    • Progs take about 30 secs to open.
    • I can't add a new prog, write to the partition, del the partition or change the file name.

Origin

1930s: abbreviation of programme.

Rhymes

agog, befog, blog, bog, clog, cog, dog, flog, fog, grog, hog, Hogg, hotdog, jog, log, nog, slog, smog, snog, sprog, tautog, tog, trog

prog2

noun prɒɡprɑɡ
informal
  • 1mass noun A style of rock music popular especially in the 1970s and characterized by classical influences, the use of keyboard instruments, and lengthy compositions.

    the band's blend of prog, psychedelia, and '60s pop
    I'm a child of the 60s and love prog rock
    as modifier a prog rock band
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Before punk came along I'd fallen victim to the excesses of prog rock.
    • This kind of demented shoegazing stoner prog is all about the stomping rhythms and the elasticated, mind-bending guitars.
    • Three chords have given us country songs, Irish pub balladry, prog, funk and more.
    • He bristles when asked about the band's rabid experimentation with musical styles ranging from country to ska to speed metal to prog.
    • "Me, You and Everybody" successfully links the pastoral prog of old-school Yes with Delta blues.
    • Battle lines are being drawn over this new symphonic prog rock as we speak.
    • This is prog that nods to the past instrumentally but takes on the attitude of modern avant-garde acts like Boris in the process.
    • Johnson's initial heyday was in the early 1970s when Pink Floyd and David Bowie grabbed the headlines with prog and glitter.
    • Rock music, prog especially, constantly attempts to evoke certain unearthly worlds via musical experimentation.
    • I was inspired by the '70s prog - like Traffic - he played.
  • 2US An advocate of social reform; a progressive.

    if she decides to run, the hard-core progs will not support her anyway
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I've never met a prog who understood how business worked.
    • The closer we get to the elections, the more reluctant the progs will be to rock the boat.
    • Indonesia is not full of progs like we are.
    • I would hope the progs wouldn't blame the Dems if he lost.
    • The progs will rule to uphold the subsidies.
adjective prɒɡprɑɡ
informal
  • Relating to or denoting rock music characterized by classical influences, the use of keyboard instruments, and lengthy compositions; progressive.

    one of the most important prog albums of all time
    Tesseract sound very prog to me
    Example sentencesExamples
    • But you can hear that it's done with passion by someone who's loved spacey electronic sounds ever since his parents introduced him to prog music as a child.
    • Hackett has got to be one of the more interesting guitarists in the prog movement.
    • But that still doesn't diminish the power of this celebration of all things prog: mystical geography, lava, free-form jamming, gongs.
    • His second solo album is a full-blown prog epic that is equally confounding and captivating.
    • When did Kiss turn into a prog band?
    • The 68-minute suite is eminently likeable, its prog tendencies harking back to melodic mid-'70s albums by the likes of Jean-Luc Ponty, while incorporating modern studio effects.
    • At this point the band were more psychedelic fledglings than soaring prog jazz birds of paradise.
    • This is raw and raucous rock - pounding drums, throttled prog riffs and breathy, hypnotic invocations.

Origin

1950s (in sense 2): abbreviation of progressive.

 
 

prog1

nounprɑɡpräɡ
British informal
  • 1A television or radio program.

    I don't watch cookery progs
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I could never appear on a discussion prog with her, I would end up with a brain haemorrhage.
    • It's noteworthy that she was often pulled up for complaining about progs that she had never viewed.
    • I would love to help you put another prog together on OCD.
    • It's brilliant, best thing on telly by a mile: fabulous 4th prog.
    • I wish they would get rid of the idiots doing it now - I mean, how many presenters do you need in one prog?
    • I am Australian and it is a fact that we aren't all the drunks portrayed in so many TV progs and jokes.
    • TV has tended to dumb down progs in the belief that it makes it better for the public.
    • But could they draw out a telly prog any further?
    • The Jimmy Young prog pre-dated the radio phone-in, so listeners' comments were still written on bits of paper and handed to the presenter.
    • Here's hoping he has more women artists/bands and guests in future progs.
    Synonyms
    broadcast, production, show, presentation, transmission, performance, telecast, simulcast, videocast, podcast
  • 2A computer program.

    there are progs for the PC that will convert images to sound
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She's running the install prog and not using the updater.
    • I know I need to burn off all mah stuff from that work machine tho and remove all the progs that aren't necessary.
    • I tried to cancel the prog with ctrl-alt-del which only caused the screen to lock up.
    • I have a prog that uses the cell phone's usb cable to let the laptop connect to the internet through the phone.
    • I did use the correct key, NOT one that was generated by the prog.
    • I can't add a new prog, write to the partition, del the partition or change the file name.
    • Each parameter has a tortuous history of manual and semi-automated interventions that I simply cannot just go back to early versions and run the update prog.
    • Progs take about 30 secs to open.
    • I tried several times to run the prog with the same result each time.
    • My teacher told me to write a prog.

Origin

1930s: abbreviation of program.

prog2

nounprɑɡpräɡ
informal
  • 1A style of rock music popular especially in the 1970s and characterized by classical influences, the use of keyboard instruments, and lengthy compositions.

    the band's blend of prog, psychedelia, and '60s pop
    I'm a child of the 60s and love prog rock
    as modifier a prog rock band
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Battle lines are being drawn over this new symphonic prog rock as we speak.
    • Three chords have given us country songs, Irish pub balladry, prog, funk and more.
    • This kind of demented shoegazing stoner prog is all about the stomping rhythms and the elasticated, mind-bending guitars.
    • This is prog that nods to the past instrumentally but takes on the attitude of modern avant-garde acts like Boris in the process.
    • Rock music, prog especially, constantly attempts to evoke certain unearthly worlds via musical experimentation.
    • I was inspired by the '70s prog - like Traffic - he played.
    • "Me, You and Everybody" successfully links the pastoral prog of old-school Yes with Delta blues.
    • He bristles when asked about the band's rabid experimentation with musical styles ranging from country to ska to speed metal to prog.
    • Before punk came along I'd fallen victim to the excesses of prog rock.
    • Johnson's initial heyday was in the early 1970s when Pink Floyd and David Bowie grabbed the headlines with prog and glitter.
  • 2US

    if she decides to run, the hard-core progs will not support her anyway
    short for progressive (sense 1 of the noun)
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The progs will rule to uphold the subsidies.
    • Indonesia is not full of progs like we are.
    • The closer we get to the elections, the more reluctant the progs will be to rock the boat.
    • I would hope the progs wouldn't blame the Dems if he lost.
    • I've never met a prog who understood how business worked.
adjectiveprɑɡpräɡ
informal
  • Relating to or denoting rock music characterized by classical influences, the use of keyboard instruments, and lengthy compositions; progressive.

    one of the most important prog albums of all time
    Tesseract sound very prog to me
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Hackett has got to be one of the more interesting guitarists in the prog movement.
    • His second solo album is a full-blown prog epic that is equally confounding and captivating.
    • When did Kiss turn into a prog band?
    • The 68-minute suite is eminently likeable, its prog tendencies harking back to melodic mid-'70s albums by the likes of Jean-Luc Ponty, while incorporating modern studio effects.
    • But you can hear that it's done with passion by someone who's loved spacey electronic sounds ever since his parents introduced him to prog music as a child.
    • This is raw and raucous rock - pounding drums, throttled prog riffs and breathy, hypnotic invocations.
    • But that still doesn't diminish the power of this celebration of all things prog: mystical geography, lava, free-form jamming, gongs.
    • At this point the band were more psychedelic fledglings than soaring prog jazz birds of paradise.

Origin

1950s (in sense 2): abbreviation of progressive.

 
 
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