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
- His mother tongue was Korean but spoke fluent English.
他的母语是朝鲜语，但英语流利。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - My mother tongue is chinese.
我的母语是中文。 - 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。 - How do we learn our mother tongue?
我们是怎样学会母语的呢？