upholster

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /əˈpɒl.stə(ɹ)/|/əˈpɐl.stə(ɹ)/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An upholder, a dealer in secondhand furniture and clothes; an upholsterer; a tradesman who finishes furniture. archaic
动词 v.
  1. To fit padding, stuffing, springs, webbing and fabric covering to (furniture). transitive

词形变化

upholsters present,singular,third-person upholstering participle,present upholstered participle,past upholstered past upholsters plural upholdster alternative

词源

词源 1
Back-formation from upholsterer (“tradesman who finishes furniture”), from Middle English upholdester, variant of Middle English upholder (“dealer in small goods”), from upholden (“to repair, uphold”); equivalent to uphold + -ster. Sense development as well as form may have been influenced by conflation with unrelated bolster.
词源 2
From Middle English upholdester, upholster; equivalent to uphold + -ster.
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