shin

shin
noun
  1. the front of the leg below the knee
    胫,胫部
    ■a cut of beef from the lower part of a cow's leg
    (牛的)小腿肉
(shinned, shinning)
  1. [no obj.](shin up/down)climb quickly up or down by gripping with one's arms and legs
    爬,攀
    he shinned up a tree.
    他爬上一棵树。
语源
  1. 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.)
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