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
- 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。 - How do we learn our mother tongue?
我们是怎样学会母语的呢？ - 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。 - 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 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - His mother tongue was Korean but spoke fluent English.
他的母语是朝鲜语，但英语流利。 - 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。 - That is, English is the mother tongue used in these countries.
也就是说，英语是这些国家使用的母语。