desk potato 桌边神游族-凯发k8官网

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 ¹ from couch potato.

desk potato（译为“桌边神游族”）指整天坐在书桌边，却不见有任何事情完成的人，通常都是因为他们成天都在上网闲逛或玩游戏。desk potato这个说法来源于couch potato（电视迷、成天坐在沙发上无所事事的人）。

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.

吉姆已经成了不折不扣的“桌边神游族”。除了玩麻将和踩地雷游戏，他还会抽出几小时上myspace，然后就一直玩角色扮演游戏到半夜。