Furnishings are the things that make a room ready to live in: the furniture, yes, but also curtains, carpets, lamps, cushions, and the smaller pieces shops sell with them. A table is furniture; the curtains and rug that finish the room are furnishings too.

Furnishings are the things that make a room ready to live inFurnishings是指讓一個房間變得適合居住的東西: the furniture, yes, but also curtains, carpets, lamps, cushions, and the smaller pieces shops sell with them沒錯，包括家具，但也包括窗簾、地毯、燈、抱枕，還有店家一起賣的那些小配件。 A table is furniture一張桌子是furniture; the curtains and rug that finish the room are furnishings too而讓房間完整起來的窗簾和地毯，也算是furnishings。

In this meaning the word is almost always plural — we say the furnishings, not a furnishing. Catalogue and hotel language likes it (“fully furnished” / “quality furnishings”); at home people often just say furniture or stuff.

In this meaning the word is almost always plural在這個意思裡，這個字幾乎都用複數—— we say the furnishings, not a furnishing我們說the furnishings，不會說a furnishing。 Catalogue and hotel language likes it (“fully furnished” / “quality furnishings”)目錄和飯店用語很愛用它(『fully furnished』/『quality furnishings』); at home people often just say furniture or stuff在家裡，大家常常就簡單說furniture或stuff。

Though actually, furnishings is a slightly wider net than furniture: furniture leans toward the hard pieces you sit on or put things on; furnishings happily includes the soft and decorative extras.

Though actually不過實際上， furnishings is a slightly wider net than furniturefurnishings涵蓋的範圍比furniture稍微廣一點: furniture leans toward the hard pieces you sit on or put things onfurniture比較偏向你會坐上去或放東西上去的硬體家具； furnishings happily includes the soft and decorative extrasfurnishings則樂於把柔軟、裝飾性的額外物件也算進去。