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

• 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。
• 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。
• Instead we learned or acquired our mother tongue by communicating with the people around us.
  我们的母语是通过和我们周围人们的交流而学习或获得的。
• 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。
• 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。
• This is because the deeply rooted thinking that the complete mother tongue exchanges environment educate habit.
  这是因为完全的母语交流环境造就的根深蒂固的思维习惯。
• It's my mother tongue.
  这是我的母语。
• England is not my mother country, but English is my mother tongue.
  英国不是我的祖国，但英语却是我的母语。
• I think they all love you, I like to listen to your mother tongue with their frenzied shouting your name.
  我想他们都很爱你，我很喜欢听他们用你的母语疯狂喊你的名字。
• Today students of English, even if English is their mother tongue cannot understand his jokes.
  今天学习英语的学生，甚至是以英语为母语的人们，仍然听不懂的玩笑。