軟包這件事的兩面：材料與工作
兩個意思是同一個畫面的兩半：做出來的那層軟皮，和做它的那雙手。
noun · B2
The material that covers the soft parts of a chair, sofa or car seat, together with the padding underneath it.
家具表布（椅面材料）
核心畫面
Picture a bare wooden chair frame, and then someone building a soft layer onto it: padding first, then cloth or leather pulled tight and down. Upholstery is that soft layer, and it is also the making of it. English lets one word be both the material and the work, which is why the chair can have torn upholstery and go away for upholstery in the same week.
可以想成一張只剩骨架的木椅。然後有人替它加上軟的一層。先放填充物，再把布或皮拉緊、固定好。upholstery 就是…更多收起
可以想成一張只剩骨架的木椅。然後有人替它加上軟的一層。先放填充物，再把布或皮拉緊、固定好。upholstery 就是那一層，同時也是「加上那一層」這件事。英文讓同一個字既當材料又當工作。所以同一個星期裡，那張椅子可以「表布破了」，也可以「送去做表布」。From the word’s history
First recorded in 1597, from upholster (the worker or the work) plus the ending -y, which English also uses to name a trade or its product, as in bakery and pottery.
最早的紀錄在 1597 年，來自 upholster（做這行的人或這份工作）加上字尾 -y。英文常用這個字尾把一門手藝變成「那一行」或「那種產品」，像 bakery、pottery。
Wiktionary entry for upholstery, supplied in this packet (kaikki extract, source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:974065730:13073).
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