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词汇 mouse potato
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Definition of mouse potato in English:

mouse potato

noun
informal
  • A person who spends large amounts of leisure or working time operating a computer.

    〈非正式〉鼠标迷,电脑迷

    Example sentencesExamples
    • PC nerds addicted to their computers will be known as ‘mouse potatoes’, even if they are e-mailing their ‘keypals’, the new word for penpals.
    • As access to higher bandwidth continues to increase, more mouse potatoes are passing the popcorn and getting their cinematic kicks on the Web.
    • Nobody allows you to remain a couch potato or a mouse potato any more: you have to respond to polls, contests, and invitations to what is being said on the programme on air.
    • Since they have been reared as mouse potatoes, it is difficult to wean today's children away from the Internet.
    • Her lack of wireless is really holding her back from becoming a full fledged mouse potato.

Origin

1990s: on the pattern of couch potato.

Definition of mouse potato in US English:

mouse potato

nounmous pəˈtādōmaʊs pəˈteɪdoʊ
informal
  • A person who spends large amounts of time operating a computer.

    〈非正式〉鼠标迷,电脑迷

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Since they have been reared as mouse potatoes, it is difficult to wean today's children away from the Internet.
    • Her lack of wireless is really holding her back from becoming a full fledged mouse potato.
    • Nobody allows you to remain a couch potato or a mouse potato any more: you have to respond to polls, contests, and invitations to what is being said on the programme on air.
    • PC nerds addicted to their computers will be known as ‘mouse potatoes’, even if they are e-mailing their ‘keypals’, the new word for penpals.
    • As access to higher bandwidth continues to increase, more mouse potatoes are passing the popcorn and getting their cinematic kicks on the Web.

Origin

1990s: on the pattern of couch potato.

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