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)
[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
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.)