每日一词 couch potato

2023/08/09 17:43

【学个词 couch ​potato】couch potato "沙发土豆" ~ 指那些喜欢在家里看电视、玩电子游戏或上网,而不愿意外出活动的人;电视迷;终日懒散在家的人。
Definition
: a lazy and inactive person
especially : one who spends a great deal of time watching television

  Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms~ deadbeat, do-nothing, drone, idler, layabout, lazybones, loafer, lotus-eater, slouch, slug, slugabed, sluggard
Antonyms~ doer, go-ahead, go-getter, hummer, hustler, self-starter

  Examples
1 a couch potato who refused to budge no matter what needed to be done.
2 Pointers are habitual couch potatoes who enjoy relaxing on the family's chairs or sofas.
3 ... couch potatoes flicking through endless satellite TV channels.
4 The one-way interaction between TV and the couch potato is far different than an absorbing Scrabble play-off with a friend on a mobile phone.
5 I am particularly concerned about the fact that we seem to have become a nation of couch potatoes—hugely unfit.