Word · Frequency #14264
burners
灶头；炉头
burners is the plural of burner.
the heating element of a stove or range on which pots and pans are placed for cooking
- 1.
Someone or something that physically burns or causes something else to burn.
燃烧或导致其他东西燃烧的人或物。
- 2.
A participant in the Burning Man festival.
火人节参与者。
- 3.
A device that records data or music to an optical disc, such as a CD-R or DVD-RW.
将数据或音乐刻录到光盘(如CD-R或DVD-RW)的设备。
- 4.
An app that creates temporary phone numbers for a user.
为用户创建临时电话号码的应用。
燃烧器；燃烧装置；燃烧或导致其他东西燃烧的人或物。；火人节参与者。；将数据或音乐刻录到光盘(如CD-R或DVD-RW)的设备。；为用户创建临时电话号码的应用。
In use
Please turn the left burner down; the soup is boiling too fast.
The laboratory uses a small gas burner to heat chemical solutions.
They replaced the old burner in the furnace to make it more efficient.
a [fuel] burner
此处 [fuel] 表示燃料类型，如 gas、oil、electric。注意 burner 是可数名词。
The old house still uses a gas burner for heating.
这栋老房子仍用燃气燃烧器取暖。
sth be on the burner
这个句型表示某物正在炉子上加热，sth 用名词或代词。
The soup is on the burner; it will be ready soon.
汤在炉头上，很快就好了。
turn the burner on/off
turn on/off 是可分短语动词，宾语可为 burner；若宾语为代词，应放在中间，如 turn it off。
Connections
Collocations
- gas burner
- 燃气灶头
- She cooked the soup on a gas burner.她用燃气灶头煮了汤。
- electric burner
- 电热炉头
- The electric burner heats up very quickly.电热炉头热得很快。
- burner flame
- 炉火；燃烧器火焰
- Adjust the burner flame to low while simmering.煨煮时把炉火调小。
- turn off the burner
- 关掉炉头
- Don't forget to turn off the burner after cooking.做完饭后别忘了关掉炉头。
- on the burner
- 在炉子上，在灶上
- There's a pot of rice on the burner.炉子上有一锅米饭。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：burn（烧）+ -er（物）= 炉头上烧火的部件，即 burner（炉头）。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：厨房炉灶、工业加热设备、化学实验室 burner 为中性常用词，含义依语境而定：日常多指炉灶上的灶头/炉头，技术或工业语境多指燃烧器。无明显的正式/非正式差异，使用范围较广。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Burner, learner, turner and earner all end in the same sound /ɜːnə/; note that learner and earner spell it -earner, while burner and turner use -urner. Manner, dinner and corner do not rhyme with burner: their vowels are /æ/, /ɪ/ and /ɔː/ respectively, so do not be misled by their similar spelling.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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