shin
noun /ʃɪn/
/ʃɪn/
- enlarge imagethe front part of the leg below the knee
胫;胫部 Topics Bodyc1- She had a nasty cut on her shin.
她胫部有严重的割伤。 - I kicked him hard in the shins to shut him up.
我狠踢他的小腿让他闭嘴。 - I barked (= rubbed the skin off) my shin on a tree stump.
我磕到了树桩上,胫部擦破了皮。
Collocations Dictionaryverb + shin- kick (somebody in/on)
- bang
- bruise
- …
- bone
- guard
- pad
- …
- on the/your shin
词源Old English scinu, probably from a Germanic base meaning ‘narrow or thin piece’; related to German Schiene ‘thin plate’ and Dutch scheen. The verb was originally in nautical use (early 19th cent.). - She had a nasty cut on her shin.