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.
雙語例句
1. He made a remarkable recovery from a shin injury.
他的脛骨傷恢復(fù)得相當(dāng)不錯(cuò)。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He sheathed the knife and strapped it to his shin.
他將刀插入鞘中，綁在小腿上。
來自柯林斯例句
3. He had the words "Angie loves Ian" tattooed on his left shin.