| 释义 |
Ido|ˈiːdəʊ|
[In this language, = offspring.]
An artificial language, based on Esperanto, selected by the ‘Delegation for the Adoption of an Auxiliary International Language’ (founded at Paris in 1901), and made public in 1907. Hence ˈIdist, ˈIdoist, a student or speaker of Ido; also attrib.
The official name is ‘Linguo Internaciona di la Delegitaro (Sistema Ido)’.
1908Daily Chron. 7 Sept. 7/2 The new language has been named ‘Ido’, and its inventor [M. de Beaufront, of Geneva] claims that it is easier to learn and is more methodical than Esperanto, its parent. 1916H. G. Wells Mr. Britling i. v. §10 ‘There would be no English, no Germans, no Russians. Just Esperantists.’..‘Or Idoists,’ said Herr Heinrich. 1922O. Jespersen Lang. xviii. 347 Anyone who has written much in Ido [etc.]. 1926Encycl. Brit. III. 906/1 In 1907 two Frenchmen, Messrs. Couturat and de Beaufront, produced a modification of Esperanto which they named simplified Esperanto. Owing to Esperantist protests, the ‘linguo internaciona’ was renamed Ido... The Idists claim that Ido is Esperanto rendered more scientific and natural. Ibid., The chief Idist grammarian, Dr. Max Talmey, advocates what he calls ‘Improved Ido’ or ‘Ilo’ or ‘Arulo’. 1928O. Jespersen Internat. Lang. i. 24 The practical experiences of Volapükists, Esperantists and Idists..have shown that the fears of sceptics are groundless with regard to pronunciation. 1946H. Jacob On Choice of Common Lang. 79 The British section of the Ido-union. 1947― Planned Auxiliary Lang. 57 Idists practising the language for many years. |