backburner

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Alternative form of back burner. alt-of,alternative,countable,uncountable
    — There had been plans to extend electrification from Harrow to Rickmansworth. But when the First World War broke out in 1914, this and a new branch to Watford were placed on the backburner, along with further housing development.
动词 v.
  1. To relegate to a lower priority. idiomatic,informal,transitive
    — "What I noticed was that my sadness and loneliness got backburnered," she told the BBC.

词形变化

backburners plural backburners present,singular,third-person backburnering participle,present backburnered participle,past backburnered past

词源

词源 1
From back + burner.
词源 2
From back + burner.
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