mother tongue
英 [ˌmʌðə ˈtʌŋ]
美 [ˌmʌðər ˈtʌŋ]
n. 母语; 本国语
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
双语例句
- 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。 - First, because Mandarin Chinese is not my mother tongue, I took a two-month crash course.
首先，因为普通话不是我的母语，我先上了两个月的语言课。 - 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。 - No, we'd better save us from losing our mother tongue.
不，我们最好别把母语都忘了。 - 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。 - The scholar is well versed in Latin, not to speak of English which is his mother tongue.
那位学者精通拉丁语，至于他的本族语英语就更不用说了。 - A pep talk I therefore encourage you to take both English and your mother tongue language very seriously.
（教练对运动员的）鼓励性讲话，精神讲话因此，我鼓励你认真对待英语和母语； - The target language should be your mother tongue and it's necessary for you to know basic Chinese.
该目标语种必须是你的母语，并且懂基本的中文。 - His mother tongue was Korean but spoke fluent English.
他的母语是朝鲜语，但英语流利。 - How do we learn our mother tongue?
我们是怎样学会母语的呢？