VOA慢速英语:Words and Their Stories: From Couch Potato to Cabin Fever

短语讲解：

1. For example, someone who likes to spend a lot of time sitting or lying down while watching television is sometimes called a couch potato.

lay down  躺下
例句：He lay down, and woke up again much later.
他躺下来，又睡了很久才醒来。

2. They describe people buying their first homes and filling them with many things.

fill with（使）充[挤]满; 使满怀
例句：The caisson would fill with oil from the leak.
沉箱将装满泄露处的原油。

3. They are in college. Or they are married and starting families of their own far away.

far away 遥远; 迢迢
例句：She was far away in the world of her imagination.
她已经被自己的幻想带到了遥远的地方。