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 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。
• Most people speak English as a first language in the USA.
  在美国，大多数人把英语作为第一语言（主动语态）。
• English is used as their first language.
  英语被用作他们的第一语言。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• English is used as the first language in america, canada, england, Australia and new zealand.
  英语在美国，加拿大，英国，澳大利亚和新西兰被当作第一语言使用。
• A Research on Schema Theory and Negative Transfer of First Language in Second Language Writing
  图式理论与二语写作中母语负迁移的研究
• 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。
• 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。