| 单词 | back burner |
| 释义 | back burnerSEE SYNONYMS FOR back burner ON THESAURUS.COM nouna condition of low priority or temporary deferment (usually used in the phrase on the back burner): Put other issues on the back burner until after the election. Origin of back burnerFirst recorded in 1945–50; from the custom in cooking of placing pots not requiring immediate attention toward the rear of the stove Words nearby back burnerback boiler, backbone, backbreaker, backbreaking, backburn, back burner, back burner, on a, backcast, back catalogue, back channel, backchat Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for back burner
British Dictionary definitions for back burnerback burner nounon the back burner put aside for the time being, as a subject that is not of immediate concern but that may be activated later; postponed Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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