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词组 couch potato
释义
couch potato and cookie pusher
Theme: LAZY
n. a lazy, do-nothing television watcher.
Is Martin a couch potato or a cookie pusher? That is the question!I'm just looking for a cookie pusher to fire today.
Idiom
couch potato
informal a person who does not like physical activity and prefers to sit down, usually to watch television.
The remote control television was invented for couch potatoes.
couch potato
noun a person who habitually idles, watching television. Possibly a pun on 'boob-tuber' (a television addict) and a 'potato' as a 'tuber'; it may also play on VEGETABLE (a person with an undemanding existence); the 'couch', of course, is where the potato is planted. One of the very few slang words or phrases where it is seemingly possible to trace the coining; in July 1976 a group of friends in California coined the term, which was first used in commerce in 1977 and then hit the big time with the Official Couch Potato Handbook (1983) US, 1976
idiomcouch potatolazy someone who spends a lot of time sitting and doing things that do not use much mental or physical energy, such as watching television:Couch potatoes can run the London Marathon, visit the Louvre, and go nine rounds with Chris Eubank, all on CD-ROM. Couch potatoes who refuse to take exercise don't realize they may be inviting trouble such as osteoporosis and other arthritic conditions.

couch potato

Someone who habitually engages in sedentary activities, usually understood as frequently watching television. Lisa wants to date a man who loves to travel and explore, not a couch potato who watches television all the time.

couch potato

a lazy individual, addicted to television-watching. All he ever does is watch TV; he's become a real couch potato. Couch potatoes can tend to become very fat and unhealthy, you know.

a couch potato

INFORMAL
COMMON If someone is a couch potato, they are lazy and spend most of their time sitting, watching television. Most evenings they sit, like a pair of couch potatoes in front of television. Most of these people are junk-food eating couch potatoes. Note: This expression is a complicated pun based on the American slang term `boob tube' meaning the TV, and the fact that a potato is a variety of tuber or root vegetable.

couch potato

someone who watches a lot of television, eats junk food, and takes little or no physical exercise. informal
Couch potato was a humorous American coinage using the image of a person with the physical shape of a potato slouching on a sofa or couch. Originally, the phrase relied on a pun with tuber in the slang term boob tuber , which referred to someone devoted to watching the boob tube or television.

a ˈcouch poˌtato

(informal, disapproving) a person who spends a lot of time sitting and watching television

couch potato

n. a lazy, do-nothing television watcher. (see also sofa spud.) If there was a prize for the best couch potato, my husband would win it.

couch potato

A physically lazy individual who prefers watching television to other leisure activities. This slangy expression, alluding to an inert object (potato) sitting on a sofa, was invented in the 1970s and quickly gained currency. It also has been suggested that the term is a play on boob tube (slang for television set), since a potato is a tuber. With the proliferation of remote-control devices, the dedicated television addict did not even need to get up to change programs or adjust the volume. The cliché is occasionally used more broadly as well, for anyone who is basically indolent.
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