mother tongue
英 [ˌmʌðə ˈtʌŋ]
美 [ˌmʌðər ˈtʌŋ]
n. 母语; 本国语
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
双语例句
- He wrote the article in his mother tongue.
他用母语写的文章。 - His mother tongue was Korean but spoke fluent English.
他的母语是朝鲜语，但英语流利。 - 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。 - 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。 - No, we'd better save us from losing our mother tongue.
不，我们最好别把母语都忘了。 - How do we learn our mother tongue?
我们是怎样学会母语的呢？ - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。