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

• I was brought in Bolin and french is my mother tongue.
  你猜对了！我生长在法语是我的母语。
• No, we'd better save us from losing our mother tongue.
  不，我们最好别把母语都忘了。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• We've all heard of Chinese people who can't speak a single dialect of their mother tongue.
  我们都听到了中国人民谁不能讲母语了单一的方言。