shin: [OE] Shin has Germanic relatives in German schiene ‘thin plate’, Dutch schen ‘shin’, Swedish skena ‘shin’, and Danish skinne ‘splint’. Its underlying meaning seems to be ‘thin piece’. The first record of its use as a verb, meaning ‘climb with the hands and legs’, comes from the early 19th century.
shin (n.)
Old English scinu "shin, fore part of the lower leg," from Proto-Germanic *skino "thin piece" (cognates: Dutch scheen, Old High German scina, German Schienbein "shin, shinbones"), from PIE root *skei- "to cut, split" (see shed (v.)). Shin splints is attested from 1930.
shin (v.)
"to climb by using arms and legs" (originally a nautical word), 1829, from shin (n.). Related: Shinned; shinning.
中文解释
1. 谐音“行”----行走----不胫而走-----胫骨。
实用例句
1. He made a remarkable recovery from a shin injury.
他的胫骨伤恢复得相当不错。
来自柯林斯例句
2. He sheathed the knife and strapped it to his shin.
他将刀插入鞘中，绑在小腿上。
来自柯林斯例句
3. He had the words "Angie loves Ian" tattooed on his left shin.
