English Dictionary

back burner

名詞

可算名詞 比喩的用法 不可算名詞

(countable) A section of a stove used to keep some pots warm while one focuses on others. / (figuratively, uncountable) A state of low urgency; a state of low current importance.

日本語の意味

コンロの後部に位置し、鍋などを温かく保つための部位 / 重要度が低く、後回しにされる状態・状況

I put the soup on the back burner to keep it warm while I finished cooking the roast.

ローストの調理を終える間、スープはコンロの奥にある保温用のバーナーに置いて温めておいた。

意味（1）

(countable) A section of a stove used to keep some pots warm while one focuses on others.

In restaurants, the back burner is the place that chefs leave their sauces and soup stocks to simmer while they are engaged in other, more immediately pressing, and faster operations on the front burners.

意味（2）

(figuratively, uncountable) A state of low urgency; a state of low current importance.

We'll put next year's Christmas party on the back burner until we deal with the current financial crisis.

back burners （ plural ）