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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - It's a must for all those whose mother tongue is not English.
对于那些母语不是英语的外国学生来说，托福考试是必须要通过的。 - How do we learn our mother tongue?
我们是怎样学会母语的呢？ - 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。 - 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。 - 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； - Including your mother tongue and your second foreign language tool.
第二是语言技能，包括你的母语和作为工具的第二外语。 - First, because Mandarin Chinese is not my mother tongue, I took a two-month crash course.
首先，因为普通话不是我的母语，我先上了两个月的语言课。