hub(n.)
"车轮的中心," 1640年代,起源不明,也许,如果所有意义实际上是同一个词,来自 hubbe,最初可能是“肿块,圆形隆起,凸起”,壁炉的 hob 和靴子的 hobnail 的来源。这是一个车轮匠的词,直到大约1828年才被广泛使用和知道; 它随着自行车骑行的流行而变得更加流行。 "兴趣或活动或重要性的中心"的意思首次记录于1858年奥利弗·W·霍姆斯的著作中,最初特别是波士顿的。
Boston State-House is the hub of the solar system. [Holmes, "Autocrat of the Breakfast Table"]
波士顿州议会大厦是太阳系的中心。[霍姆斯,《早餐桌的独裁者》]
[E]verybody knows that Boston used to be called the Hub, meaning the hub of the universe. It may still be the hub, because the center of a wheel moves slowly. [J.P. Marquand, Life magazine, March 24, 1941]
[E]verybody knows that Boston used to be called the Hub, meaning the hub of the universe. It may still be the hub, because the center of a wheel moves slowly. [J.P. Marquand, Life magazine, March 24, 1941]
该词起源时间:1640年代