upholstery
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++up·hol·ster·y /ʌpˈhəʊlstəri $ -ˈhoʊl-/ noun [uncountable] 1. DHFTIMmaterial used to cover chairs 〔椅子的〕被覆材料，垫衬料2. DHFthe process of covering chairs with material 〔座椅的〕加套装饰
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upholstery• The seats use metal springs with foam covering and upholstery in cloth, velour or leather.• Friendly showroom with very wide selection of fabrics, carpets and wallpapers as well as furniture, lampshades and upholstery.• Then, at nightfall, she came out of the desert in a sleek automobile with bloody upholstery.• It will help you when it comes to choosing upholstery, blinds, curtains, rugs, carpets and general accessories.• The completed upholstery was finished at the point where it was to be fixed in the coach.• Our tester had just one option, leather seat upholstery, for $ 550.• The interior was still waiting for its first clean and the upholstery felt as if it had been textured in buff nicotine.• The bottle shattered in the back of the car, the petrol saturating and sticking to the upholstery.Origin upholstery (1600-1700) upholster “dealer in small goods, upholsterer” ((15-18 centuries)), from upholdup·hol·ster·y nounChineseSyllable
material cover chairs used Corpus to
upholstery
up‧hol‧ster‧y /ʌpˈhəʊlstəri $ -ˈhoʊl-/
noun [uncountable]
2. the process of covering chairs with material
up‧hol‧ster‧y /ʌpˈhəʊlstəri $ -ˈhoʊl-/
noun [uncountable] Date: 1600-1700
Origin: upholster 'dealer in small goods, upholsterer' (15-18 centuries), from uphold
1. material used to cover chairsOrigin: upholster 'dealer in small goods, upholsterer' (15-18 centuries), from uphold
2. the process of covering chairs with material