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

• 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。
• His mother tongue is Portuguese.
  他的母语是葡萄牙语。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• The target language should be your mother tongue and it's necessary for you to know basic Chinese.
  该目标语种必须是你的母语，并且懂基本的中文。
• 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。
• How do we learn our mother tongue?
  我们是怎样学会母语的呢？
• He wrote the article in his mother tongue.
  他用母语写的文章。