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

• 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。
• My mother tongue is chinese.
  我的母语是中文。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• His mother tongue is Portuguese.
  他的母语是葡萄牙语。
• How do we learn our mother tongue?
  我们是怎样学会母语的呢？