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

• My mother tongue is chinese.
  我的母语是中文。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It's my mother tongue.
  这是我的母语。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。