| 单词 | couch potato |
| 释义 | > as lemmascouch potato couch potato n. [potato apparently punningly after (boob-)tuber = television addict and vegetable tuber, but perhaps simply by association with vegetable n. 2] slang (originally U.S.) a person who spends leisure time passively or idly sitting around, esp. watching television, browsing the internet, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > lazy person > an idler or loafer > watching television vidiot1949 couch potato1979 Norm1980 couch surfer1991 1979 Los Angeles Times 28 Dec. (California Record ed.) iv. 1/6 The Humboldt State Marching Lumberjacks..and the Couch Potatoes who will be lying on couches watching television as they are towed toward the parade route. 1983 Mingo & Armstrong Official Couch Potato Handbk. 63 The Couch Potatoes..had their origins in sunny southern California. There the founding members invested their childhood years in countless hours before their TVs. 1984 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 19 June tm400/2 Robert E. Armstrong, Dixon, Calif. Filed Mar. 24, 1983... Couch Potatoes. The mark consists of a fanciful representation of a person in the form of a potato reclining on a couch, viewing television... For novelty items—namely, humorous paper wall certificates, [etc.]. 1987 New Musical Express 14 Feb. 10/2 Naomi, a resilient divorcee mother of two, gave up opportunities in the world of modelling and in Tinseltown LA in order to stop her kids becoming couch potato video generation trash brains. 1990 Observer 4 Feb. 3/3 Living in the village [in Lancashire] is a 17-year-old TV addict who is keenly looking forward to life as a ‘couch potato’. < as lemmas |
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