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

• Finding animals that engage in the human activity of tool use has become a bit of a cottage industry.
  查找参与使用工具的人类活动的动物已经变得有点属于家庭手工业的范畴了。Bing的结果：查找从事的工具使用的人类活动的动物已成为一间小屋工业一点。
• But its soundtrack centerpiece Let It Go, which also won an Academy Award for Best Original Song, appears to have started its own cottage industry.
  而《冰雪奇缘》的主题曲LetitGo也获得了奥斯卡最佳原创歌曲奖，如今这首歌曲似乎也开启了自己的产业。
• Today's cottage industry of China doubters is a case in point.
  对中国当今家庭手工业持怀疑态度的人就是一个典型的例子。
• Such fakes have become a cottage industry in China.
  盗版产业在中国，正成为家庭作坊。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Bookbinding is largely a cottage industry.
  装订业主要是一种家庭手工业。
• 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。
• 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？