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
  1. His first language is Welsh.
     他的母语是威尔士语。

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
  Synonym:mother tonguematernal language

双语例句

• The first language he learned to write was Greek, which has a different alphabet.
  他最早学习的语言是希腊语，而希腊语有着一套不同的字母体系。
• 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。
• Analysis of the Roles of First Language in Second Language Acquisition;
  在第三语言习得和输出中第一第二语言的角色分析（英文）
• A written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language.
  用第二种语言对第一种语言的内容所做的意思相同的书面传达。
• 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。
• 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。
• Certainly there is no big difference between using my first language and using English.
  当然，用英语还是用母语对我而言没有太大区别。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。