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.
实用例句
1. It helps to put an important issue back on the front burner.
它有助于让一个重要问题重新引起关注。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The programme to convert every gas burner in Britain took 10 years.
完成对英国所有煤气灶的改造花了10年时间。
来自柯林斯例句
3. We have an urgent front-burner public health problem.
我们有一个迫在眉睫、需要优先处理的公共卫生问题。
来自柯林斯例句
4. They had to remove the ashes from the burner first.
他们得先把炉内的灰清除掉.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. Many speculated that the US would put the peace process on the back burner.