light industry

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Related topics: Industry, Computers

ˌlight ˈindustry noun [countableC, uncountableU]

TIindustry that produces small goods, for example computers, in small factories using light machinery 轻工业 → heavy industry

Examples from the Corpus

light industry• Chester, in particular, is making loud noises about converting some of its greenbelt for housing and light industry.• Now it is a prosperous place, making its living from light industry and the visitors who come to tour the battlefields.• About 80 per-cent of farmworkers were women, he said, and over 90 percent of workers in light industry.• Out of this there soon came the normal development of light industry.• These communities have an average population of between 200 and 700 and an economic base of agriculture plus some light industry.

From Longman Business Dictionary

light industryˈlight ˌindustry [countableC, uncountableU]COMMERCEMANUFACTURING

an industry needing only light machinery, small factories etc, for example electronics, or these industries considered as a whole

Light industries grew at 12.1% last year, fuelled by rising demand for televisions and washing machines.

→ industry

单词	light industry
释义	light industry Word family nounlighterlightinglightnesslight bulblight-emitting diodelighthouselighthousemanlight meterlight penlight pollutionlightshiplight showlightenerlighteragelightslightsomenesslightermanlight railwaylightweightlightadjectivelightfullightishlightlesslightsomelight-fingeredlight-headedlight-heartedverblightenadverblightlylightsomely Related topics: Industry, Computers ˌlight ˈindustry noun [countableC, uncountableU] TIindustry that produces small goods, for example computers, in small factories using light machinery 轻工业 → heavy industry Examples from the Corpus light industry• Chester, in particular, is making loud noises about converting some of its greenbelt for housing and light industry.• Now it is a prosperous place, making its living from light industry and the visitors who come to tour the battlefields.• About 80 per-cent of farmworkers were women, he said, and over 90 percent of workers in light industry.• Out of this there soon came the normal development of light industry.• These communities have an average population of between 200 and 700 and an economic base of agriculture plus some light industry. From Longman Business Dictionary light industryˈlight ˌindustry [countableC, uncountableU]COMMERCEMANUFACTURING an industry needing only light machinery, small factories etc, for example electronics, or these industries considered as a whole Light industries grew at 12.1% last year, fuelled by rising demand for televisions and washing machines. → industry
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