| 单词 | hub-and-spoke |
| 释义 | hub-and-spoke in British Englishnoun (modifier) denoting a method of organizing intercontinental air traffic in which one major airport is used as a feeder for local airports Sometimes shortened to: hubhub-and-spoke in American English (ˈhʌbənˈspouk) adjective of or designating a system of air transportation by which local flights carry passengers to one major regional airport where they can board long-distance or other local flights for their final destinations Word origin [1980–85]This word is first recorded in the period 1980–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: golden parachute, nuclear winter, off-price, postfeminist, scientific creationismExamples of 'hub-and-spoke' in a sentence |
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