foster

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈfɒs.tə/    美 /ˈfɔ.stɚ/|/ˈfɑ.stɚ/|/ˈfɔs.tə/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A foster parent. countable,informal
    — Some fosters end up adopting.
  2. A forester. obsolete
    — A griesly Foster forth did rush.
  3. The care given to another; guardianship. uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child. transitive
    — Some ſay that Rauens foſter forlorne children, / The whilſt their owne birds famiſh in their neſts: / Oh be to me though thy hard hart ſay no, / Nothing ſo kinde but ſomething pittiful.
  2. To promote the development of something; to cultivate and grow a thing. transitive
    — Our company fosters an appreciation for the arts.
  3. To nurse or cherish something. transitive
  4. To be nurtured or trained up together. intransitive,obsolete
    — There Florimell, in her first ages flowre, And passing beautie did eftsoones reveale, Was fostered by those Graces
形容词 adj.
  1. Providing parental care to children not related to oneself. not-comparable
    — foster parents
  2. Receiving such care. not-comparable
    — a foster child
  3. Related by such care. not-comparable
    — We are a foster family.

词形变化

fosters plural fosters present,singular,third-person fostering participle,present fostered participle,past fostered past fosters plural

词汇关系

反义词
hamper
衍生词
fosteress fostership cofostered cross-foster fosterable fosterage foster brother foster care foster-child foster child fosterer foster fail foster family foster father foster home fosterhood fostering fosteringly fosterling fosterment foster mother foster parent foster sibling foster sister foster up nonfostered unfostered

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”).
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