foster father 养父
- New Testament) husband of Mary and( in Christian belief) the foster father of Jesus.
新约圣经》中玛利亚的丈夫和(督教信仰中)耶稣的养父。 - However, inspired by your foster father's tales of adventure, you are not content with a cloistered life.
然而,在你养父冒险故事的熏陶下,你又无法满足于归隐的生活。 - If a man adopt a son, and if after he has taken him he injure his foster father and mother, then this adopted son shall return to his father's house.
如果一个男人领养一个儿子,当他使他的养父和养母,则这个养子将回到他的原来的家庭。
foster father[ noun ]
a man who is a foster parent
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Foster \Fos"ter\, a. [AS. f[=o]ster, f[=o]stor, nourishment. See
{Foster}, v. t.]
Relating to nourishment; affording, receiving, or sharing
nourishment or nurture; -- applied to father, mother, child,
brother, etc., to indicate that the person so called stands
in the relation of parent, child, brother, etc., as regards
sustenance and nurture, but not by tie of blood.
{Foster babe} or {Foster child}, an infant or child nursed or
raised by a woman not its mother, or bred by a man not its
father.
{Foster brother}, {Foster sister}, one who is, or has been,
nursed at the same breast, or brought up by the same nurse
as another, but is not of the same parentage.
{Foster dam}, one who takes the place of a mother; a nurse.
--Dryden.
{Foster earth}, earth by which a plant is nourished, though
not its native soil. --J. Philips.
{Foster father}, a man who takes the place of a father in
caring for a child. --Bacon.
{Foster land}.
(a) Land allotted for the maintenance of any one. [Obs.]
(b) One's adopted country.
{Foster lean} [foster + AS. l[ae]n a loan See {Loan}.],
remuneration fixed for the rearing of a foster child;
also, the jointure of a wife. [Obs.] --Wharton.
{Foster mother}, a woman who takes a mother's place in the
nurture and care of a child; a nurse.
{Foster nurse}, a nurse; a nourisher. [R.] --Shak.
{Foster parent}, a foster mother or foster father.
{Foster son}, a male foster child.