the front part of the leg below the knee 胫;胫部 Extra ExamplesTopics Bodyc1She 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + shin- kick (somebody in/on)
- bang
- bruise
- …
- bone
- guard
- pad
- …
- on the/your shin
Word OriginOld 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.).