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单词 mother tongue
释义

mother tongue

noun

1
: one's native language
2
: a language from which another language derives

Synonyms

  • language
  • lingo
  • speech
  • tongue
  • vocabulary
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Example Sentences

although the anthropologist could speak the local language fairly well, she was always glad to find someone who shared her mother tongue
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Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

mother tongue

noun

as in vocabulary
the stock of words, pronunciation, and grammar used by a people as their basic means of communication although the anthropologist could speak the local language fairly well, she was always glad to find someone who shared her mother tongue

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • vernacular
  • parlance
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