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.
电视和电视痴迷之间的单向交互与在手机上和朋友玩的有趣的拼字游戏附加赛大不相同。
Some US researchers have been looking at novel ways to increase the level of activity among those with "couch potato" lifestyles.
美国一些研究人员一直在寻找在新的方式,如何让那些“沙发土豆”们多活动身体。
Wouldn’t I result in a lot of time blocks where I’m falsely idle (i.e. sitting on your couch drinking piña coladas while being a couch potato)?
难道我不会在拥有大量闲暇时间后懒散下来么(例如坐在沙发上喝饮料直至懒成只会宅在家里坐在沙发上看电视)?
The term is derived from couch potato.
自从有了网络以后,有相当一部分人已经放弃了couch potato的身份,转而加入了desk potato的行列。
Those who lived alongside a greater number of mice, had more space and toys to stimulate them lost far more weight over the course of the study than their 'couch potato' counterparts.
在研究过程中,那些与一大群小鼠一起生活,有更大的空间和玩具的刺激,比相对应的一组整天呆着不动的小鼠减掉了更多的体重。
Those who lived alongside a greater number of mice had more space and toys to stimulate them lost far more weight over the course of the study than their "couch potato" counterparts.
在实验过程中,那些和一大群同类在一起的小鼠,它们拥有更多的空间和玩具,这使得它们比那些慵懒的整日待在家中的小鼠减去了更多的体重。
Granted, I'm far more obsessed with this topic than the average couch potato.
我承认我对这个主题的痴迷远比终日躺在床上看电视更为强烈。
But even the laziest couch potato may soon notice some changes to his television set.
但即使最懒惰的电视迷也将很快发现他观看电视时发生的变化。
There's a lot of (disabled veterans) who've got their couch potato tickets and they're punching them.
有很多人(伤残退伍军人)本可以懒在沙发上,现在他们不这么做了。
"It was just sitting on the bottom and nibbling on the sugar like a couch potato," Hackett says.
“他们只是坐在箱底,像一群懒汉那样啃噬蔗糖”,哈科特表示。
You are such a couch potato on weekends!
你一到周末就整天躺著看电视!
From couch potato to die-hard royalist, we've put together a guide of the best vantage points for every type of wedding watcher in London.
带着电视迷和铁杆保皇党,我们一起来找找在伦敦观看这场皇家婚礼的最好视角。
As for "semi-couch potato" Stanton, who'd been in the aerobic group, he says he didn't notice any improvement in his memory.
小组中的“半个懒虫”斯坦顿来说,他觉得他没有发现他的记忆力有任何提高。
If I wanted to I could just be a couch potato for days on end.
要是我愿意的话可以整天做只懒虫就行。
Oh sure, you could run into the house, shut the windows and doors, turn on the air conditioner, and become a cool couch potato.
当然,你可以跑进家门,关好门窗,开空调,然后变成凉爽的“土豆人”。
Don't be like a couch potato sitting in the sofa and doing nothing but eating and watching TV.
不要像一个沙发马铃薯坐在沙发上什么都不做,只知道吃和看电视。
I'm a couch potato and it's too late for me to change.
这个人说:"我是个电视迷,一有空就坐在沙发上看电视。 要我现在改掉这个习惯已经为时过晚。
Make no mistake: getting legitimate and highly valuable, inbound links is not a couch-potato task.
别犯错误:得到正当及高价值的导入链接,这可不是电视迷埋在沙发里边吃薯片边看电视那般简单的任务。
Did you know that it can be dangerous to sit at your desk for too long · And I am not just talking the couch-potato effect.
你知道吗?在办工桌坐了太长时间可能是很危险的。
You have become a couch potato.
你都要变成沙发上的土豆了。
So going to an art museum or being a couch potato and swilling beer, watching television at home.
是去美术馆还是做个沙发土豆,宅在家边吃薯条喝啤酒,边看电视。
Of course it is not the Oxford English Dictionary's fault but we want to use another term than couch potato because potatoes are inherently healthy.
当然,这也并非《牛津英语大词典》的过错。但我们想用别的词来代替couch potato,毕竟土豆天生就对人类健康有益。
In fact, one of the reasons he called the site Tudou is because it is the Chinese word for potato - a play on the English term "couch potato".
实际上他给该网站取名“土豆”的原因之一就是因为中文里的“土豆(potato)”,是对英语里“电视迷(couch potato)”的戏称。
But, reading the headlines, one can be forgiven for thinking that every child who does not run a marathon daily is deemed a couch potato.
但是,从标题可以看出,人们将没有每天跑马拉松的孩子视为“终日懒散的人”(coachpotato)是可以理解的。
The OED says "couch potato" originated as American slang, meaning "a person who spends leisure time passively or idly sitting around, especially watching television or video tapes."
《牛津英语大词典》对这个词是如此解释的:“couch potato”起源于美国俚语,代指那些“消极度过闲暇时光或终日无所事事的人,他们通常看电视或影碟打发时间”。
How to Get Fit When You're a Couch potato?
如何让“沙发土豆”一样的自己变得健康?
Around 80, 000 cases of cancer could be prevented every year if we abandoned our couch potato lifestyles and ate more healthily, say scientists.
科学家表示,每年大概有8万个癌症病例是可以预防的,只要人们放弃如今这种整天看电视的懒散生活,并且能吃得更健康。
Around 80, 000 cases of cancer could be prevented every year if we abandoned our couch potato lifestyles and ate more healthily, say scientists.
科学家表示,每年大概有8万个癌症病例是可以预防的,只要人们放弃如今这种整天看电视的懒散生活,并且能吃得更健康。
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