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

• She is beginning a cottage industry with her handmade necklaces.
  她正以自己手工制作的项链来开启自己的家庭手工生意。
• Here at Hotan, on the ancient Silk Road, silk weaving is still a cottage industry, done the old-fashioned way on wooden looms.
  和稹就位于古老的丝路上，纺丝仍是一项家庭工业，用木制的织布机，以古老的方法纺织。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Such is the power of music over consumer behaviour, claim the advertising executives, academics, music consultants and market researchers who are all part of a cottage industry springing up around retailers using music to attract and keep clientele.
  这就是广告主管、学者、音乐咨询师以及市场研究人员宣称的音乐对消费者行为的影响力他们都是新涌现出来的针对零售商利用音乐吸引和留住顾客的小行业中的一员。
• Industries are well developed at the village and cottage industry levels in most Asian countries where mangroves still abound.
  在亚洲红树林资源依然丰富的地方，村庄工业发达。
• 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？
• Develop a new cottage industry.
  逐渐形成新的家庭手工业。