late 13c., also as a surname, Brenner, "person who makes bricks," agent noun from burn (v.)). As a name for a part of a lamp where the flame is applied, from 1790. Of gas-cooking stoves, by 1885.
雙語例句
1. It helps to put an important issue back on the front burner.
它有助于讓一個重要問題重新引起關注。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The programme to convert every gas burner in Britain took 10 years.
完成對英國所有煤氣灶的改造花了10年時間。
來自柯林斯例句
3. We have an urgent front-burner public health problem.
我們有一個迫在眉睫、需要優先處理的公共衛生問題。
來自柯林斯例句
4. They had to remove the ashes from the burner first.
他們得先把爐內的灰清除掉.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. Many speculated that the US would put the peace process on the back burner.