first language
英 [ˌfɜːst ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ]
美 [ˌfɜːrst ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ]
n. 母语; 第一语言
牛津词典
noun
- 母语；第一语言
the language that you learn to speak first as a child; the language that you speak best- His first language is Welsh.
他的母语是威尔士语。
- His first language is Welsh.
柯林斯词典
- 母语;第一语言
Someone'sfirst languageis the language that they learned first and speak best; used especially when someone speaks more than one language.
英英释义
noun
- one's native language
双语例句
- French, the official language, is the first language of88% of the population.
法语，官方语言，这是第一语言的88%的人口。 - The first language I spoke was Chinese and I learned English later, but I forgot all my Chinese.
我会的第一种语言是汉语，后来我才学得英语，但是现在我已经把汉语全忘了。 - Language: Creole is the first language, English and French are also spoken.
语言：克里奥尔语为国语，通用英语和法语。 - The first language he learned to write was Greek, which has a different alphabet.
他最早学习的语言是希腊语，而希腊语有着一套不同的字母体系。 - If English is not your first language, you will need at least two good dictionaries.
如果英语不是你的母语的话，你至少需要两本好字典。 - Imagine you can talk to native speakers just like you talk in your first language.
想像你可以与以英语为本土语言的人谈话就如同与别人说自己的母语一样。 - My first language is dutch.
我的母语是荷兰语。 - English is the first language in none of these countries.
英语在这些国家中都不是第一语言。 - Analysis of the Roles of First Language in Second Language Acquisition;
在第三语言习得和输出中第一第二语言的角色分析（英文） - English is my first language but I also studied French in high school.
英语是我的第一语言，但我在高中还学了法语。