foster
音标发音
- 英式音标 ['fɒstə(r)'fɒstə]
- 美式音标 [ˈfɑː.stɚ]
- 国际音标 ['fɔstə]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- v. 促进；抚育（他人子女一段时间）；收养；把（孩子）交托给养父母
- adj. 代养的，寄养的
- n. (Foster) 福斯特（人名）
词源解说
- 直接源自古英语的fostrian，意为供给食物，养料等；最初源自原始日耳曼语的fostrom。
词根记忆
- fost(看作fast，快速的) + er→受到鼓舞，快速前进→鼓励
- fost(看作fast，快速的) + er→促进；培养
- fost(看做fast，快速的) + er→使变得更快速→鼓励，促进，助长
- 这对老夫妇收养(foster)了一个被遗弃在森林(forest)里的孩子
- bolster(v.支持)
同根派生
- n性质的同根词
- fosterage：寄养；养育；助长。
英汉例句
- Nowaday young couple sometimes foster.
现今年轻夫妇有时领养别人的孩子。 - We foster the young girl while her mother was in hospital.
小女孩的母亲住院时我们照顾这个小女孩。
用作动词 (v.)
用作不及物动词: S+～(+A)
用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.
词组短语
- foster a child 收养孩子
- foster an attitude 滋长某种情绪
- foster an impression 加深印象
- foster an interest 培养兴趣
- foster inflation 刺激通货膨胀
- Stephen Foster 史蒂芬·福斯特;斯蒂芬·福斯特;福斯特;佛斯特
用作动词 (v.)
～+名词
短语
英英字典
- (TAKE CARE OF) to take care of a child, usually for a limited time, without being the child's legal parent
- (ENCOURAGE) to encourage the development or growth of ideas or feelings
- used to refer to someone or something connected with the care of children, usually for a limited time, by someone who is not the child's legal parent
- Foster parents are people who officially take a child into their family for a period of time, without becoming the child's legal parents. The child is referred to as their foster child.
- If you foster a child, you take it into your family for a period of time, without becoming its legal parent.
- To foster something such as an activity or idea means to help it to develop.