hub

noun

/hʌb/

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a central airport, station, etc. that operates many services
- The airport has become an international hub.
- It's the city's major transportation hub for bus and rail.
- Major hub airports have grown up all over the world.
Topics Transport by airc1
[usually singular] hub (of something) the central and most important part of a particular place or activity
- the commercial hub of the city
- The kitchen was the hub of family life.
- to be at the hub of things (= where things happen and important decisions are made)
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the central part of a wheel

Word Originearly 16th cent. (denoting a shelf at the side of a fireplace used for heating pans): of unknown origin (compare with hob).

单词	hub
释义	hub noun /hʌb/ /hʌb/ jump to other results a central airport, station, etc. that operates many services The airport has become an international hub. It's the city's major transportation hub for bus and rail. Major hub airports have grown up all over the world. Topics Transport by airc1 [usually singular] hub (of something) the central and most important part of a particular place or activity the commercial hub of the city The kitchen was the hub of family life. to be at the hub of things (= where things happen and important decisions are made) enlarge image the central part of a wheel Word Originearly 16th cent. (denoting a shelf at the side of a fireplace used for heating pans): of unknown origin (compare with hob).
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