English Dictionary

hub

/hʌb/

noun

The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave. / A point where many routes meet and traffic is distributed, dispensed or diverted.

The hub of the city is always bustling with activity.

意味（1）

The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave.

If you need to reload film, the cassette can be rewound slightly by turning the hub located on one end of its spool.

意味（2）

A point where many routes meet and traffic is distributed, dispensed or diverted.

Hong Kong International Airport is one of the most important air traffic hubs in Asia.

意味（3）

A central facility providing a range of related services, such as a medical hub or an educational hub

意味（4）

(networking) A computer networking device connecting several Ethernet ports. See switch.

意味（5）

(surveying) A stake with a nail in it, used to mark a temporary point.

意味（6）

A male weasel; a buck; a dog; a jack.

意味（7）

(US) A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction.

a hub in the road

意味（8）

(video games) An area in a video game from which individual levels are accessed.

In a break with tradition, these levels are tackled in any order, with the next act chosen from a semi-random selection machine located in the game's hub area.

意味（9）

A goal or mark at which quoits, etc., are thrown.

意味（10）

A hardened, engraved steel punch for impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, etc.

意味（11）

A screw hob.

意味（12）

A block for scotching a wheel.