dido
pronunciation
How to pronounce dido in British English:
UK [ˈdaidəu]
How to pronounce dido in American English:
US [ˈdaɪdo]
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- Noun:
- (Roman mythology) a princess of Tyre who was the founder and queen of Carthage; Virgil tells of her suicide when she was abandoned by Aeneas
Word Origin
- dido (n.)
- "prank, caper," 1807, American English slang, perhaps from the name of the Carthaginian queen in the "Aeneid." Usually in phrase to cut didoes.
Example
- 1. The answer is dido , the peri of music .
- 2. That beautiful voice belongs to uk artist dido .
- 3. Dido & aeneas - the queen of carthage kills herself in despair when her lover abandons her to found rome .
- 4. You can see that , eminem loves this song , and eminem helps dido a lot .
- 5. In addition , this paper did a necessary and detail studying on main life experience of purcell , music creation , creation background of dido and aeneas and scenario , then made a synthetic entire appraisement for purcell and his famous opera , dido and aeneas .