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

• 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。
• His mother tongue is Portuguese.
  他的母语是葡萄牙语。
• 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。
• I want to talk with people when they are using their mother tongue.
  我想要和别人交谈，用她们的民族标准语。
• Mother tongue and the first foreign language both transfer the vowel pronunciation of the second foreign language.
  母语和第一外语对第二外语的元音发音都存在着迁移作用。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• My mother tongue is chinese.
  我的母语是中文。