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

• Economic relations between the US and China have become so mutually dependent and potentially destructive that a cottage industry has built up to give them a name.
  美国与中国之间的经济关系已变得如此相互依赖和极具潜在破坏性，以至于一个小行业应运而生，竞相为这一关系取名。
• '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。
• Bookbinding is largely a cottage industry.
  装订业主要是一种家庭手工业。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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”。
• Porcelain and pottery making as a cottage industry is scattered all over China.
  陶瓷制造作为乡村手工业遍及全国。
• Such fakes have become a cottage industry in China.
  盗版产业在中国，正成为家庭作坊。
• 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。
• 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。