| 单词 | foster |
| 释义 | Word Frequency foster(ˈfɒstə) verb (transitive) 1. to promote the growth or development of 2. to bring up (a child, etc); rear 3. to cherish (a plan, hope, etc) in one's mind 4. mainly British a. to place (a child) in the care of foster parents b. to bring up under fosterage adjective 5. (in combination) indicating relationship through fostering and not through birth foster mother foster child 6. (in combination) of or involved in the rearing of a child by persons other than the child's natural or adopted parents foster home Derived forms fosterer (ˈfosterer) noun fostering (ˈfostering) noun Word origin Old English fōstrian to feed, from fōstor foodWord Frequency Foster(ˈfɒstə) noun 1. Arlene (Isabel). born 1970, Northern Irish politician; leader of the Democratic Unionist Party from 2015; first minister of Northern Ireland (2016–17) 2. Jodie. born 1962, US film actress and director: her films include Taxi Driver (1976), The Accused (1988), The Silence of the Lambs (1990), Little Man Tate (1991; also directed), Nell (1995), and Panic Room (2002) 3. Norman, Baron. born 1935, British architect. His works include the Willis Faber building (1978) in Ipswich, Stansted Airport, Essex (1991), Chek Lap Kok Airport, Hong Kong (1998), the renovation of the Reichstag, Berlin (1999), and City Hall, London (2002) 4. Stephen Collins . 1826–64, US composer of songs such as The Old Folks at Home and Oh Susanna |
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