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。
• 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。
• I speak nothing but our mother tongue. What's your native language?
  我只说我们的本国语。你的本国语是什么？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I want to talk with people when they are using their mother tongue.
  我想要和别人交谈，用她们的民族标准语。
• Besides Chinese, my mother tongue, I can also speak EnglishFrench.
  除了我的母语汉语外，我能讲英语和法语。
• Including your mother tongue and your second foreign language tool.
  第二是语言技能，包括你的母语和作为工具的第二外语。
• It's my mother tongue.
  这是我的母语。