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

• I think they all love you, I like to listen to your mother tongue with their frenzied shouting your name.
  我想他们都很爱你，我很喜欢听他们用你的母语疯狂喊你的名字。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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；
• Including your mother tongue and your second foreign language tool.
  第二是语言技能，包括你的母语和作为工具的第二外语。
• His mother tongue was Korean but spoke fluent English.
  他的母语是朝鲜语，但英语流利。
• 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。
• My mother tongue is chinese.
  我的母语是中文。
• 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 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。