A person who faxes from one floor to another instead of getting up and running the information because they're too lazy to get out of their chair.
> Dilbert, over in Engineering, is such a fax potato. He sent me 15 faxes this week. What, he can't leave his office to run me a READABLE spec sheet?

3)Youaresuchacouchpotato!你是一个电视迷! couchpotato:是一个口语词组。 couch-c-o-u-c-h意思是:长沙发椅! potato当然就是土豆的意思。 Youaresuchacouchpotato!Nowitistimetofinishyourassignments! 该去做作业了,你这个电视迷! Letscallitaday!今天的节目到

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(93) / 评论(0) 分类 2015年NPR美国国家公共电台1月

英文中把那些成天赖在沙发上看电视、不爱动弹的人叫做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。 Desk potato is someone who sits at

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1. couch potato是个俚语,表示极为懒惰的人,成天躺着或坐在沙发上看电视的人。couch表示长沙发。长沙发上的马铃薯很形象地形容了那些整天呆在沙发上看电视的人。 eg:My father becomes a couch

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Iamjustasmallpotato!我是一个小人物! 我们已经学习过沙发上的土豆(电视迷),heisacouchpotato! Forexample,whenyouareinyourfamily,youareasmallpotato!Butwhenyouareinschool,everyoneknowsyouareamonitorandstudentsinyourclasswillregardyouasabigshot!

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Asking for a fax number A: Excuse me, Mr., Macmillan? Could you tell me the fax number for Mr. Winthrops office, please? B: Sure. I have it right here. 232-2453. If that one doesnt work, try 232-2456. A: Okay thats 232-2453, or 232-2456. B: Thats rig

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Fax machine maintenance A: Excuse me, Richard? Are you busy at the moment? B: Not really, Betty. What do you need? A: My fax machines on the blink. Would you take a look at it? B: Sure. I just need to do one other job first. How about if I come up ar

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MashedPotatoTime TheMashedPotatostartedlongtimeago WithaguynamedSloppyJoe Youllfindthisdanceisacooltodo Cmonbaby,gonnateachittoyou Mashedpotatoes,hearthatgroovybeat,now Mashedpotatoes,cmontwistyourfeet,now Babyitsthelatest Itsthegreatest MashedPotato

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AMERICAN MOSAIC - 'Sweet Potato Queens' Grow Strong / Question from Nigeria About the White House / Lalah Hathaway Sings the ... By Broadcast: Friday, November 12, 2004 (MUSIC) DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome t

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TELEX, FAX AND E-MAIL 电传、传真及电子邮件 Ⅰ. Telex 电传 Introduction Telex is a teletypewriter exchange service. It is conducted between two parties that have access to a teletypewriter. Telex service is now still used in some foreign

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One potato, two potatoes, three potatoes, four! Five potatoes, six potatoes, seven potatoes, more! One potato, two potatoes, three potatoes, four! Five potatoes, six potatoes, seven potatoes, more!

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As the International Year of the Potato 2008 winds down, the United Nations is appealing for continued global attention on the role the potato can play in providing food security and eradicating poverty in helping to achieve the Millennium Developme

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as American as apple pie hot potato 美国人很喜欢吃 apple pie。 Apple pie是一种用烤箱制作的甜点心,它的外面是一层面粉,里面是用苹果做的馅儿。中文有时把 ap

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: Senators, pretty angry senators, had some tough questions for Equifax yesterday. The heat was really on the CEO who just resigned. As NPR's Chris Arnold reports, Republicans and Democrats alike are upset about the massive hack of

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: A hundred and forty-three million. That is the number of Americans whose personal information may have been exposed in the recent data breach at Equifax. This led to a lawsuit against the company by the state of Massachusetts, an

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Happy 12 everyone ! We are starting 2012 with a Bertie story this week, and a Katie story next and look out for the final chapters of the Wizard of Oz and a spectacular Greek Myth. Just in case you are new to Bertie and his stories let us explain the

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couch potato mall rats 电视业的发展,特别是有线电视的出现为美国人提供了更多的选择,随之也就出现了一种花很多时间看电视的电视迷,人们把他们叫做:

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今天我们要学的词是Mouse Potato。 Mouse Potato, 大家都知道couch potato, 指那些老是坐在沙发上看电视的人。顾名思义,mouse Potato, 就是指那些老是坐在电脑前面的人。 Mouse potato is the online, wired gene

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今天我们要学的词是Mouse Potato。 Mouse Potato, 大家都知道couch potato, 指那些老是坐在沙发上看电视的人。顾名思义,mouse Potato, 就是指那些老是坐在电脑前面的人。 Mouse potato is the online, wired gene

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Voice 1 Thank you for joining us for todays Spotlight program. Im Joshua Leo. Voice 2 And Im Liz Waid. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 Exp

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LOS ANGELES, July 30 (Xinhua) -- American film and television actor Christopher Mayer, best known for his role as Vance Duke in the popular 1980s' television show The Dukes of Hazzard, died at the age of 57, local media reported on Saturday. The acto

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adsorption phenomenon
agricultural indicator
AHIC
alarm typer
amplitude discriminator
anchor space
aumonier
axis shift
bacne
balies
bar food
batracin
boom topping lift
braas
broncobuster
bun ochra fibre
C-SLIP
cable pipe
centre brake drum
cinnamomum camphoras
condenser motor
congriscus megastomus
core shift
crocco theorem
deciduas
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Dendrobium primulinum
Deutzia heterophylla
drift epoch
drosophila (sophophora) lucipennis
electric mo(u)lding machine
English mounting
Enhanced Indexing
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Erb-Goldflam
Exchange Ratio
flat-bed chromatogram
flue dust
genitourinary system
hakas
Hamatonbetu
highflyer
hinger
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hydrogen selenide
hypopolyploid
job memory
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labor supply
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mandement
manual release
mass analyzed ion kinetic energy spectrometry
Matabeleland South Prov.
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meningeal leukemia
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unified price policy
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