Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense fosters, present participle fostering, past tense, past participle fostered
1ADJ [ADJ n]寄养的;代养的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. 寄养的;代养的
Little Jack was placed with foster parents.
小杰克和养父母住在一起。
The foster mother was a wonderful, warm person.
寄养母是一个很不错的热心人。
2VERB 寄养;代养 If you foster a child, you take it into your family for a period of time, without becoming its legal parent. 寄养;代养
She has since gone on to find happiness by fostering more than 100 children. [VERB noun]