Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense fosters, present participle fostering, past tense, past participle fostered
1ADJ [ADJ n]寄養的;代養的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. 寄養的;代養的
Little Jack was placed with foster parents.
小傑克和養父母住在一起。
The foster mother was a wonderful, warm person.
寄養母是一個很不錯的熱心人。
2VERB 寄養;代養 If you foster a child, you take it into your family for a period of time, without becoming its legal parent. 寄養;代養
She has since gone on to find happiness by fostering more than 100 children. [VERB noun]