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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• My mother tongue is chinese.
  我的母语是中文。
• He wrote the article in his mother tongue.
  他用母语写的文章。
• 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。
• How do we learn our mother tongue?
  我们是怎样学会母语的呢？
• 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。
• 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。
• No, we'd better save us from losing our mother tongue.
  不，我们最好别把母语都忘了。