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

• My mother tongue is chinese.
  我的母语是中文。
• 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。
• By the end of the week, I couldn't even remember one word of my Mother Tongue.
  在这个星期快结束之时，我甚至记不起我母语中的任何一个词藻。
• 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。
• 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。
• A pep talk I therefore encourage you to take both English and your mother tongue language very seriously.
  （教练对运动员的）鼓励性讲话，精神讲话因此，我鼓励你认真对待英语和母语；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。