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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• His mother tongue was Korean but spoke fluent English.
  他的母语是朝鲜语，但英语流利。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Besides Chinese, my mother tongue, I can also speak EnglishFrench.
  除了我的母语汉语外，我能讲英语和法语。
• 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；