Foster

['fɒstə] or ['fɔstɚ]

解释:

(noun.) United States songwriter whose songs embody the sentiment of the South before the American Civil War (1826-1864).

(verb.) help develop, help grow; 'nurture his talents'.

(verb.) bring up under fosterage; of children.

(verb.) promote the growth of; 'Foster our children's well-being and education'.

(adj.) providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties; 'foster parent'; 'foster child'; 'foster home'; 'surrogate father' .

整理:薇尔玛--From WordNet

解释:

(v. t.) To feed; to nourish; to support; to bring up.

(v. t.) To cherish; to promote the growth of; to encourage; to sustain and promote; as, to foster genius.

(v. i.) To be nourished or trained up together.

(v. t.) Relating to nourishment; affording, receiving, or sharing nourishment or nurture; -- applied to father, mother, child, brother, etc., to indicate that the person so called stands in the relation of parent, child, brother, etc., as regards sustenance and nurture, but not by tie of blood.

(n.) A forester.

(n.) One who, or that which, fosters.

整理:奥利维亚

同义词及近义词：

v. a. [1]. Nurse, nourish, feed, support, sustain, bring up, rear up.[2]. Cherish, encourage, favor, promote, stimulate, forward, further, advance, help on, help forward.

弗洛伊德手打

同义词及反义词：

[See CHERISH]

录入:纳丁

解释:

n. (Spens.) a forester.

v.t. to bring up or nurse: to encourage.—ns. Fos′terāge the act of fostering or nursing; Fos′ter-broth′er a male child fostered or brought up with another of different parents; Fos′ter-child a child nursed or brought up by one who is not its parent; Fos′ter-daugh′ter; Fos′terer; Fos′ter-fa′ther one who brings up a child in place of its father; Fos′terling a foster-child; Fos′ter-moth′er one who suckles a child not her own; Fos′ter-nurse (Shak.) a nurse; Fos′ter-par′ent one who rears a child in the place of its parent; Fos′ter-sis′ter one brought up as a sister by the same parents but not a sister by birth; Fos′ter-son one brought up as a son though not a son by birth.

整理:维维安