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英国种植土豆的农民们纷纷涌上街头游行,强烈要求《牛津英语大词典》把短语“couch potato”从字典中删掉,理由是这个词有损土豆的形象。英国马铃薯委员会计划在伦敦议会大厦及牛津大学出版社的办公室旁举行抗议活动,以迫使《牛津英语大词典》用另一个词“couch slouch”来取代
The British potato-growing peasants flocked to the streets and strongly demanded that the Oxford English Dictionary delete the phrase “couch potato” from the dictionary on the grounds that it was detrimental to the image of potatoes. The British Potato Council plans to hold a protest next to the offices of the Parliament House of London and Oxford University Press to force the Oxford English Dictionary to replace it with another word “couch slouch”