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

• 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。
• English is not used as the first language in China.
  在中国英语不是被用作第一语言。
• It launched its first language course last year for 40 people.
  孔子学院去年开设了首个语言课程，共收学员40人。
• 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。
• Language: Creole is the first language, English and French are also spoken.
  语言：克里奥尔语为国语，通用英语和法语。
• 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。
• 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。
• Although my verbal score did improve on the second test, I feel that my performance on this section still reflects the fact that English is not my first language.
  虽然我的语文部分成绩的确在第二次考试的时候提高了，我认为，我的表现在这个部分的成绩仍然体现了英语不是我的第一种语言的事实。
• 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。
• 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。