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

• 'I feel that same energy here that was about back then,' he explained. 'It's not a big corporate culture, mainly a cottage industry.'
  如今在这里我感觉到和当年一样的活力，他解释道，这并不是一种大企业文化，它关乎的是小企业小作坊。
• Cat Videos Are a Cottage Industry
  猫咪视频成了家庭工业
• 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。
• The international demand for more shows has given rise to a cottage industry in Israel dedicated to creating television concepts for export.
  国际上对更多节目的需求促使以色列出现了一个致力于创作出口电视节目的行业。
• 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。
• As service technology matures and more players partake of the market we can expect a rich cottage industry for services to develop with offering available to build most any application imaginable.
  随着技术的成熟，以及更多参与者进入市场，我们可以预期会出现大量的服务作坊，绝大多数可以想象出来的应用都可以使用它们提供的服务来完成。
• 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。
• Develop a new cottage industry.
  逐渐形成新的家庭手工业。
• 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。
• 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？