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the upholstery of/on [piece of furniture]
of 和 on 都可表示“某件家具上的覆面材料”；on 侧重位置，of 侧重所属。
The upholstery on this old armchair is faded and torn.
这把旧扶手椅的表面覆盖材料已经褪色破损了。
家具覆盖材料；家具衬垫织物
upholsteries — plural of upholstery
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
家具覆盖材料；家具衬垫织物
the covering, padding, springs, and fabric on a piece of furniture
The upholstery on this old armchair is faded and torn.
这把旧扶手椅的表面覆盖材料已经褪色破损了。
家具装衬工艺或行业。
The craft or business of upholstering furniture.
家具装衬所用的材料。
The materials used in upholstering furniture.
The cat scratched the armchair's upholstery, leaving visible marks.
猫抓了扶手椅的覆面，留下了明显的痕迹。
We picked a durable upholstery for the dining chairs because they get heavy use.
我们为餐椅选了耐用的覆面材料，因为它们经常使用。
The upholstery on this sofa feels like real leather, but it is actually synthetic.
这张沙发上的覆面摸起来像真皮，但实际上是合成材料。
of 和 on 都可表示“某件家具上的覆面材料”；on 侧重位置，of 侧重所属。
The upholstery on this old armchair is faded and torn.
这把旧扶手椅的表面覆盖材料已经褪色破损了。
in the upholstery 表示“在覆面材料的内部或夹层里”，常用于描述东西卡在坐垫或靠背中。
She found her keys buried in the upholstery of the car seat.
她在汽车座椅的覆面里找到了自己的钥匙。
这里的 upholstery 指“家具装饰手艺或行业”，通常为不可数名词；指不同种类的覆面材料时偶尔用复数 upholsteries。
He learned the craft of upholstery from his grandfather.
他跟着祖父学会了家具装饰这门手艺。
Not this
The sofa needs a new upholstery.
Use this
The sofa needs new upholstery.
upholstery 表示家具的覆盖材料、衬垫织物时是不可数名词，不能用不定冠词 a，也不加复数；说“需要新的”直接用 new upholstery。
Not this
She bought a new upholstery sofa.
Use this
She bought a new upholstered sofa.
upholstery 是名词，不能直接修饰 sofa；表示“带软垫的、包了饰面的”要用过去分词形容词 upholstered。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
家具覆面织物
This upholstery fabric is both soft and stain-resistant.
这种家具覆面织物既柔软又防污。
皮革覆面（家具或汽车座椅的皮制饰面）
The leather upholstery on the sofa was cracked.
沙发上的皮革覆面开裂了。
汽车座椅覆面，车内饰面
Steam cleaning can refresh the car upholstery.
蒸汽清洁能使汽车座椅覆面焕然一新。
家具覆面清洗（服务）
We hired a company for upholstery cleaning after the party.
聚会后我们请了一家公司做家具覆面清洗。
家具装饰店，沙发翻新店
He took the damaged armchair to an upholstery shop.
他把损坏的扶手椅送到了家具装饰店。
Use upholsteries naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把布料往(up)椅子上一铺，包住整件家具——upholstery就是给家具‘穿衣服’的材料。
语域：neutral 常见场景：选购或定制家具、家具维修与翻新、家居装饰与室内设计 upholstery 是中性常用词，通常指家具的覆盖面料、衬垫及填充材料，也可指家具装饰或包衬的手艺；多用于家居、家具店或维修翻新等场景，正式写作和日常口语中都自然，没有明显的随意或俚俗色彩。
Genuine sound matches: 'upholster' and 'upholsterer' share the stressed /həʊlstə/ sequence with 'upholstery'; 'holster' shares the same /həʊlstə/ sounds. Warning: 'mystery', 'history' and 'monastery' look like they could rhyme because they end in -stery, but their stress and vowel sounds differ, so they are not rhymes.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.