cottage industry

英 [ˌkɒtɪdʒ ˈɪndəstri]

美 [ˌkɑːtɪdʒ ˈɪndəstri]

n.  家庭手工业

牛津词典

noun

• 家庭手工业
  a small business in which the work is done by people in their homes
  1. Weaving and knitting are traditional cottage industries.
     编织和针织是传统的家庭手工业。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (尤以编织或陶器等为主的)家庭手工业，作坊式小工业
  Acottage industryis a small business that is run from someone's home, especially one that involves a craft such as knitting or pottery.
  1. Bookbinding is largely a cottage industry.
     装订业主要是一种家庭手工业。

英英释义

noun

• small-scale industry that can be carried on at home by family members using their own equipment

双语例句

• From them they run their cottage industry, growing seaweed on monofilament lines strung over shallow coral reefs and selling it for use in canned pet food.
  之后他们在这样的房子里运作起养殖业，在浅浅的珊瑚礁上拉起长串的单丝线来养殖海藻，然后卖掉它们，这些海藻可用来制作罐头宠物食品。
• The cottage industry of Fed-watchers will pick two things in particular out of this book, one of which is not even really the province of central bankers.
  美联储观察人士会从这本著作里挑出两件事，其中一件甚至并不属于央行行长的管辖范围。
• Township-village enterprises broke through the form of collective ownership of Commune-brigade enterprises, formal inclusion of cottage industry development.
  乡镇企业突破了社队企业的集体所有制形式，正式将家庭工业列入发展范畴。
• But is there science to back up this idea, which has brought about a cottage industry of books, CDs and videos?
  这个观点催生了一大批粗制滥造的书籍、CD和视频节目，但它是否有科学依据呢？
• As such, a cottage industry of inspirational business advice has sprouted online, full of aphorisms that combine self-help and tough love.
  正因为如此，一个致力于提供励志商业建议的作坊式产业已经在网上破土而出，它充满了集自助和严厉之爱于一身的格言警句。
• A veritable cottage industry of comparison-spewing institutions has emerged, this author not excepted.
  一个名副其实的由从事比较的机构组成的作坊式行业已然成形，笔者也不能袖手其外。
• In this fluid situation, one thing is predictable: The crisis will produce a cottage industry of academics, journalists, pundits, politicians and bloggers to assess blame.
  在这种变幻莫测的形势下，有一样事情是可以预计到的：这次危机会产生学者，记者，专家，政客以及博客撰写人评估指责这样一种“家庭手工业”。
• As a result, a cottage industry has appeared that churns out thick volumes that have nothing between the covers, perfect for decoration. Yes, people do read in China to enrich their bank accounts, but not to enrich themselves holistically.
  所以，制作砖头书的家庭手工业出现了，砖头书只有封面，没有内容，最合适装饰。是的，中国人会通过读书来使银行账户充实，但是却没有让自己全面地丰盈起来。
• Then, in cottage industry fashion, the individual parts are delivered to small communities where the puzzles are assembled on a per-piece compensation basis by family groups working in their homes.
  然后，以一种类似于手工作坊的形式，各种零件集中到一个小社区进行组装。组装是由计件付酬方式由一些家庭在他们家里面完成的。
• Bookbinding is largely a cottage industry.
  装订业主要是一种家庭手工业。