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

• 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。
• It's my mother tongue.
  这是我的母语。
• 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。
• His mother tongue is Portuguese.
  他的母语是葡萄牙语。
• 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 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。
• My mother tongue is chinese.
  我的母语是中文。
• 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。
• No, we'd better save us from losing our mother tongue.
  不，我们最好别把母语都忘了。
• 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。