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.


