first language
英 [ˌfɜːst ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ]
美 [ˌfɜːrst ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ]
n. 母语; 第一语言
牛津词典
noun
- 母语；第一语言
the language that you learn to speak first as a child; the language that you speak best- His first language is Welsh.
他的母语是威尔士语。
- His first language is Welsh.
柯林斯词典
- 母语;第一语言
Someone'sfirst languageis the language that they learned first and speak best; used especially when someone speaks more than one language.
英英释义
noun
- one's native language
双语例句
- My first language is dutch.
我的母语是荷兰语。 - English is used as the first language in america, canada, england, Australia and new zealand.
英语在美国，加拿大，英国，澳大利亚和新西兰被当作第一语言使用。 - English is spoken as the first language in many countries.
英语在许多国家被当作第一语言使用。 - The first language he learned to write was Greek, which has a different alphabet.
他最早学习的语言是希腊语，而希腊语有着一套不同的字母体系。 - English is not used as the first language in China.
在中国英语不是被用作第一语言。 - A written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language.
用第二种语言对第一种语言的内容所做的意思相同的书面传达。 - It launched its first language course last year for 40 people.
孔子学院去年开设了首个语言课程，共收学员40人。 - Certainly there is no big difference between using my first language and using English.
当然，用英语还是用母语对我而言没有太大区别。 - Even in our first language, we all know or understand more words that we actively use.
在我们的母语中，我们都知晓或者明白比常用词更多的词汇。 - If your first language is not English, you should still try to read the non-literary works in English.
如果你的母语不是英语，你仍应该努力以英语去读这些非文学作品。