hub 的詞源

"車輪的中心," 1640年代，起源不明，也許，如果所有意義實際上是同一個詞，來自 hubbe，最初可能是“腫塊，圓形隆起，凸起”，壁爐的 hob 和靴子的 hobnail 的來源。這是一個車輪匠的詞，直到大約1828年才被廣泛使用和知道； 它隨着自行車騎行的流行而變得更加流行。 "興趣或活動或重要性的中心"的意思首次記錄於1858年奧利弗·W·霍姆斯的著作中，最初特別是波士頓的。

Boston State-House is the hub of the solar system. [Holmes, "Autocrat of the Breakfast Table"]

波士頓州議會大廈是太陽系的中心。[霍姆斯，《早餐桌的獨裁者》]

[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]