upholsterer
美 [ʌp'holstərɚ]
助记提示
1. unhold 含有“支持、维护、维修”之意，由此 upholder / upholdster / upholdester 用来特指“家具维修工，家具维修、维护商”，后来在 upholdster 的基础上再加后缀 -er 形成 upholdsterer, 以及由其简化、缩略而形成的异体 upholsterer, 用以指“家具装饰用品商；室内装潢商”，后来又在 upholsterer 的基础上逆构出动词 upholster, 用以表示“为(家具等)装上套、垫或弹簧等，为(房间)装设地毯、帘幕等”。
2. 因此，要注意该词与 holster 毫无关系。
英文词源
- upholsterer (n.)
- "tradesman who finishes or repairs articles of furniture" (1610s), from upholdester (early 15c.; early 14c. as a surname), formed with diminutive (originally fem.) suffix -ster + obsolete Middle English noun upholder "dealer in small goods" (c. 1300), from upholden "to repair, uphold, keep from falling or sinking" (in this case, by stuffing); see uphold (v.).
