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
- 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 means that learners should compare and contrast their mother tongue with the language they are learning.
语言学习者应该把他的母语和他正在学习的外语比较对照一下。 - How do we learn our mother tongue?
我们是怎样学会母语的呢？ - 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。 - 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 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。 - It's my mother tongue.
这是我的母语。 - 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。 - 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？ - This is because the deeply rooted thinking that the complete mother tongue exchanges environment educate habit.
这是因为完全的母语交流环境造就的根深蒂固的思维习惯。