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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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；
• It's my mother tongue.
  这是我的母语。
• 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。
• 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。
• How do we learn our mother tongue?
  我们是怎样学会母语的呢？
• 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。
• 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。