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
- My mother tongue is chinese.
我的母语是中文。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - How do we learn our mother tongue?
我们是怎样学会母语的呢？ - His mother tongue is Portuguese.
他的母语是葡萄牙语。 - 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。 - 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。 - His mother tongue was Korean but spoke fluent English.
他的母语是朝鲜语，但英语流利。 - 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。