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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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 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。 - England is not my mother country, but English is my mother tongue.
英国不是我的祖国，但英语却是我的母语。 - It's my mother tongue.
这是我的母语。 - 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。 - 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。 - He wrote the article in his mother tongue.
他用母语写的文章。 - 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。