| 单词 | cottage industry |
| 释义 | cottage industryWord family adjectivecottagedcottageynouncottagercottagingcottage cheesecottage hospitalcottage industrycottage Industry ˌcottage ˈindustry noun [countableC] TIan industry that consists of people working at home 家庭手工业 Hand weaving is a flourishing cottage industry in the region. 手工编织是这个地区很兴旺的家庭手工业。 Examples from the Corpus cottage industry• Their manufacture is a cottage industry run by people on the fringes of society.• Embroidery remains largely a cottage industry with thousands of girls and women employed as outworkers.• Today whole family groups Produce basketwork at home in what is very much a cottage industry.• Cake decorating is something of a cottage industry around here.• A cottage industry has even sprung up among companies that provide information about other people seeking information.• Industry experts say this booming cottage industry now accounts for about a quarter of the X-rated video market.• A small cottage industry of biotechnology firms has sprung up to investigate this, using a variety of methods. From Longman Business Dictionary cottage industryˈcottage ˌindustryCOMMERCE 1[countableC] an industry consisting of people who work from home, making things such as toys or clothes 2[countableC] informal an industry consisting of small businesses operating from home → industryThere is a huge cottage industry of proprietors running nursing homes for elderly people. |
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