英文中把那些成天賴在沙發(fā)上看電視、不愛動(dòng)彈的人叫做couch potato。自從有了網(wǎng)絡(luò)以后，有相當(dāng)一部分人已經(jīng)放棄了couch potato的身份，轉(zhuǎn)而加入了desk potato的行列。

　　Desk potato is someone who sits at a desk all day long but gets little to nothing done -- usually because of websurfing or playing computer games. The term is derived from couch potato.

　　Desk potato（桌邊神游族）指整天坐在書桌邊，卻不見有任何事情完成的人，通常都是因?yàn)樗麄兂商於荚谏暇W(wǎng)閑逛或玩游戲。Desk potato這個(gè)說法來源于couch potato（電視迷、成天坐在沙發(fā)上無所事事的人）。

　　For example:

　　Jim has become a real desk potato. Between Mahjong and Minesweeper he manages to squeeze in a few hours on MySpace, and then he plays RPG's(Role-playing game) 'til midnight.

　　吉姆已經(jīng)成了不折不扣的“桌邊神游族”。除了玩麻將和踩地雷游戲，他還會(huì)抽出幾小時(shí)上MySpace，然后就一直玩角色扮演游戲到半夜。