詞匯掌故：從“沙發(fā)土豆”到“幽居病”
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Robert Armstrong
California
"Official Couch Potato Handbook"
Alice Kahn
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Some unusual words describe how a person spends his or her time. For example, someone who likes to spend a lot of time sitting or lying down while watching television is sometimes called a couch potato. A couch is a piece of furniture that people sit on while watching television. Robert Armstrong, a…
有一些特別的詞語(yǔ)用來(lái)描述一個(gè)人如何打發(fā)時(shí)間。比如，某人喜歡花大把時(shí)間坐著或躺著看電視，有時(shí)就被稱(chēng)做“電視迷”（沙發(fā)土豆）。沙發(fā)就是人們看電視時(shí)坐在上面的一件家具。 來(lái)自加州的演員羅伯特·阿里斯特朗于1976年推廣了“沙發(fā)土豆”這個(gè)詞匯。幾年后，他在美國(guó)把這個(gè)詞注冊(cè)為商標(biāo)。阿姆斯特朗還協(xié)助編寫(xiě)了一本講述整天…