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

• 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。
• 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。
• His mother tongue is Portuguese.
  他的母语是葡萄牙语。
• 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。
• He wrote the article in his mother tongue.
  他用母语写的文章。
• No, we'd better save us from losing our mother tongue.
  不，我们最好别把母语都忘了。
• 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。
• 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。
• He can't speak his mother tongue, much less english.
  他连自己的母语都说不会，更别提英语了。