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
- Including your mother tongue and your second foreign language tool.
第二是语言技能，包括你的母语和作为工具的第二外语。 - I was brought in Bolin and french is my mother tongue.
你猜对了！我生长在法语是我的母语。 - We've all heard of Chinese people who can't speak a single dialect of their mother tongue.
我们都听到了中国人民谁不能讲母语了单一的方言。 - No, we'd better save us from losing our mother tongue.
不，我们最好别把母语都忘了。 - 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？ - 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'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。 - 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。 - His mother tongue is Portuguese.
他的母语是葡萄牙语。 - The scholar is well versed in Latin, not to speak of English which is his mother tongue.
那位学者精通拉丁语，至于他的本族语英语就更不用说了。