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
- English is the first language in none of these countries.
英语在这些国家中都不是第一语言。 - 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。 - If your first language is not English, you should still try to read the non-literary works in English.
如果你的母语不是英语，你仍应该努力以英语去读这些非文学作品。 - French, the official language, is the first language of88% of the population.
法语，官方语言，这是第一语言的88%的人口。 - English is not used as the first language in China.
在中国英语不是被用作第一语言。 - Imagine you can talk to native speakers just like you talk in your first language.
想像你可以与以英语为本土语言的人谈话就如同与别人说自己的母语一样。 - English is spoken as the first language in many countries.
英语在许多国家被当作第一语言使用。 - The first language I spoke was Chinese and I learned English later, but I forgot all my Chinese.
我会的第一种语言是汉语，后来我才学得英语，但是现在我已经把汉语全忘了。 - French did not replace English as the first language.
法语却没有取代英语而成为英国的第一语言。 - My first language is dutch.
我的母语是荷兰语。