mother tongue

英 [ˌmʌðə ˈtʌŋ]

美 [ˌmʌðər ˈtʌŋ]

n.  母语; 本国语

法律

牛津词典

noun

• 母语；本国语
  the language that you first learn to speak when you are a child

柯林斯词典

• 母语;本国语;本族语
  Yourmother tongueis the language that you learn from your parents when you are a baby.

英英释义

noun

• one's native language
  Synonym:maternal languagefirst language

双语例句

• You're flunking english. that's your mother tongue, and stuff.
  你的英文挂了。那是你的母语，这还聪明。
• His mother tongue is Portuguese.
  他的母语是葡萄牙语。
• Children's acquiring of the mother tongue is a long process.
  儿童对母语的习得将是一个漫长的过程。
• He can't speak his mother tongue, much less english.
  他连自己的母语都说不会，更别提英语了。
• It's a must for all those whose mother tongue is not English.
  对于那些母语不是英语的外国学生来说，托福考试是必须要通过的。
• By the end of the week, I couldn't even remember one word of my Mother Tongue.
  在这个星期快结束之时，我甚至记不起我母语中的任何一个词藻。
• It means that learners should compare and contrast their mother tongue with the language they are learning.
  语言学习者应该把他的母语和他正在学习的外语比较对照一下。
• How do we learn our mother tongue?
  我们是怎样学会母语的呢？
• Mother tongue and the first foreign language both transfer the vowel pronunciation of the second foreign language.
  母语和第一外语对第二外语的元音发音都存在着迁移作用。
• It's my mother tongue.
  这是我的母语。