first language
英 [ˌfɜːst ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ]
美 [ˌfɜːrst ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ]
n. 母语; 第一语言
牛津词典
noun
- 母语;第一语言
the language that you learn to speak first as a child; the language that you speak best- His first language is Welsh.
他的母语是威尔士语。
- His first language is Welsh.
柯林斯词典
- 母语;第一语言
Someone'sfirst languageis the language that they learned first and speak best; used especially when someone speaks more than one language.
英英释义
noun
- one's native language
双语例句
- French is spoken as the first language in this country.
在这个国家法语被当作第一语言来说。 - English is used as the first language in america, canada, england, Australia and new zealand.
英语在美国,加拿大,英国,澳大利亚和新西兰被当作第一语言使用。 - Most people speak English as a first language in the USA.
在美国,大多数人把英语作为第一语言(主动语态)。 - In many other countries, where English is not a first language, it is an official language;
英语在许多国家不是第一语言,但却作为官方语言存在; - English is my first language but I also studied French in high school.
英语是我的第一语言,但我在高中还学了法语。 - Even in our first language, we all know or understand more words that we actively use.
在我们的母语中,我们都知晓或者明白比常用词更多的词汇。 - A Research on Schema Theory and Negative Transfer of First Language in Second Language Writing
图式理论与二语写作中母语负迁移的研究 - My first language is dutch.
我的母语是荷兰语。 - His first language is English, but he speak several other languages very well.
他的母语是英语,但他会说好几门外语。 - People know that English is not your first language, and most are happy to help.
他们明白英语不是你的母语,而且他们会很乐于提供帮助。