shin

英 [ʃɪn] 美[ʃɪn]

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复数: shins;

1. 谐音“行”----行走----不胫而走-----胫骨。

shin 胫，胫骨，爬，攀爬

来自古英语 scinu,胫，胫骨，来自 Proto-Germanic*skino,薄片，来自 PIE*skei,切，分开，词源同 sheathe,science.比喻用法，引申词义用腿爬，攀爬。

shin: 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.

3. He had the words "Angie loves Ian" tattooed on his left shin.: 他在左小腿上文了“安吉爱伊恩”几个字。