foster/'fɒstər $ 'fɑːstər/

v. take care of sb else's child for some time, without becoming their legal parent

a. relating to the fostering of a child

v. [T] 代养，收养：She fostered the child for four months. 她收养这个孩子有4个月了。

a. [仅置于名词前] 代养的，寄养的：a foster child 收养的孩子

◇a foster parent 养父（或：养母）

◇a foster family 寄养家庭

音组-ster/-stər $ -stə/

disaster; Easter; foster; master; poster; rooster; sister