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

• 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。
• No, we'd better save us from losing our mother tongue.
  不，我们最好别把母语都忘了。
• 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。
• 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。
• It's my mother tongue.
  这是我的母语。
• 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。
• 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。
• How do we learn our mother tongue?
  我们是怎样学会母语的呢？
• 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。
• His mother tongue was Korean but spoke fluent English.
  他的母语是朝鲜语，但英语流利。