Word · Frequency #14600
upholstery
家具覆盖材料；家具衬垫织物
the covering, padding, springs, and fabric on a piece of furniture
- 1.
The craft or business of upholstering furniture.
家具装衬工艺或行业。
- 2.
The materials used in upholstering furniture.
家具装衬所用的材料。
家具装饰手艺；家具装饰业；家具装衬工艺或行业。；家具装衬所用的材料。；家具被覆材料；家具装饰用品业
In use
The cat scratched the armchair's upholstery, leaving visible marks.
We picked a durable upholstery for the dining chairs because they get heavy use.
The upholstery on this sofa feels like real leather, but it is actually synthetic.
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。
in the upholstery
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。
the craft of upholstery
Connections
Collocations
- upholstery fabric
- 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。
- leather upholstery
- 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。
- car upholstery
- 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。
- upholstery cleaning
- 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。
- upholstery shop
- 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。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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