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）？
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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”。
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。
For example, someone who likes to spend a lot of time sitting or lying down while watching television, is sometimes called a couch potato.
例如，有人喜欢花很多时间坐在或躺着看电视，有时又称为沙发马铃薯。
A woman discovers who her couch potato boyfriend really was after she finds him dead at home.
一个女人发现她的沙发马铃薯男朋友真的是她发现他死在家里后。
So going to an art museum or being a couch potato and swilling beer, watching television at home.
是去艺术博物馆，还是呆在沙发上，喝着啤酒看电视。
Bought lots of snacks so I could lie on my sofa and be a couch potato.
买的小吃很多，所以我可以躺在我的沙发，做一个沙发土豆。
For example, someone who likes to spend a lot of time sitting or lying down while watching television is sometimes called a couch potato .
例如，花很多时间坐着或躺着看电视的人，有时就被称做“电视迷”（沙发土豆）。
Or they may stay away because they find it embarrassing to discuss their weight, smoking, alcohol consumption or couch potato habits.
或者他们也许会离开，因为他们觉得讨论自己的体重，吸烟，饮酒或沙发土豆这些习惯很令人尴尬。
The passive couch potato of the broadcast era turned into the channel surfer, flipping through hundreds of cable channels.
过去纯播送时代被动的“沙发土豆”们变成了频道浏览者，游移于数百个有线频道之中。
Or if you're an exercise fanatic who married a couch potato, they'll probably convince you to stay on the sofa.
如果一个运动迷和一个“沙发土豆”结婚了，最后的结局可能是运动迷被说服，两人一起窝在家里看电视。
"The first known recorded use of the expression 'couch potato' was in a 1979 Los Angeles Times article, " Simpson said.
有关‘土豆沙发’使用的最早历史记录是在1979年的《洛杉矶时代》的一篇文章上。
The OED says "couch potato" originated as American slang, meaning "a pennon who spends leisure –time passively or idly sitting around, especially watching television or video tapes" .
牛津英语字典解释“沙发土豆”起源于一美国俚语，表示“一位身着燕尾服的人消极地或懒散地坐着度过悠闲的时光，主要是看电视或录像带”。
The OED says "couch potato" originated as American slang, meaning "a pennon who spends leisure –time passively or idly sitting around, especially watching television or video tapes" .
牛津英语字典解释“沙发土豆”起源于一美国俚语，表示“一位身着燕尾服的人消极地或懒散地坐着度过悠闲的时光，主要是看电视或录像带”。
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