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
- 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。 - By the end of the week, I couldn't even remember one word of my Mother Tongue.
在这个星期快结束之时，我甚至记不起我母语中的任何一个词藻。 - 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。 - His mother tongue was Korean but spoke fluent English.
他的母语是朝鲜语，但英语流利。 - 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 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。 - He wrote the article in his mother tongue.
他用母语写的文章。 - His mother tongue is Portuguese.
他的母语是葡萄牙语。 - No, we'd better save us from losing our mother tongue.
不，我们最好别把母语都忘了。