foster

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a. 收养的, 养育的 vt. 养育, 抚育, 培养, 鼓励, 抱(希望)

发音

UK /ˈfɒs.tə/
其它
US /ˈfɔ.stɚ/
CA /ˈfɑ.stɚ/
US /ˈfɑ.stɚ/
AU /ˈfɔs.tə/
NZ /ˈfɒs.tə/
NZ /ˈfɔ̟s.tə/

词形变化

fosters 复数 fostered fosterest fostereth fostering fosters 三单 fosters fostering 现在分词 fostered 过去式 fostered 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

培养；养育，抚育；抱（希望等）

形容词

收养的，养育的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A foster parent.

    可数 非正式 不可数

    Some fosters end up adopting.

  2. 2.

    The care given to another; guardianship.

    不可数 可数
  3. 1.

    A forester.

    废旧
v. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To promote the development of something; to cultivate and grow a thing.

    营造

    及物

    Our company fosters an appreciation for the arts.

  3. 3.

    To nurse or cherish something.

    及物
  4. 4.

    To be nurtured or trained up together.

    不及物 废旧
adj.
  1. 1.

    Providing parental care to children not related to oneself.

    foster parents

  2. 2.

    Receiving such care.

    a foster child

  3. 3.

    Related by such care.

    We are a foster family.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 3

further nurture cultivate

上位词 10

further raise advance parent rear encourage boost promote nurture bring up

下位词 10

support grow raise serve farm produce patronize patronage patronise keep going
形容词

同义词 1

surrogate

近义相关 1

adoptive

相关短语

foster family [法] 寄养家庭 foster child [法] 养子女 foster care [法] 照顾 foster children foster parent [法] 养父母 foster parents (foster-parent 的复数) [法] 养父母 foster families foster father 养父 foster mother n. 育雏器 vt. 收养 foster mothers foster home 寄养家庭 [法] 照顾孤儿, 不良儿童或精神病人的家庭 foster homes foster fathers Foster County Foster City

词源

From Middle English foster, from Old English fōstor (“food, sustenance”), from Proto-West Germanic *fōstr, from Proto-Germanic *fōstrą (“nourishment, food”). Cognate with Middle Dutch voester (“nursemaid”), Middle Low German vôster (“food”), Old Norse fóstr (“nurturing, education, alimony, child support”), Danish foster (“fetus”), Swedish foster (“fetus”).

来源：wiktionary