shin
shin — 名詞
- shinsingular
- shinsplural
1. the bony front portion of your lower leg, stretching from just below the knee do
脛部
膝蓋到腳踝的腿部正面
the bony front portion of your lower leg, stretching from just below the knee down to the ankle, where the bone lies close under the skin
Mei fell off her bike and scraped her shin on the edge of the pavement.
Mei 騎腳踏車摔倒，在路緣石上刮傷了脛部。
scrape + shin (injury pattern)
The goalkeeper wore thick shin guards under his socks during the match.
那名守門員在襪子裡穿著厚厚的護脣參加比賽。
shin guard collocation
A kick to the shin sent a sharp pain through Amir's leg.
踢到脛部讓 Amir 的腿一陣劇痛。
The nurse checked the bruise on Ananya's shin after she bumped the coffee table.
護士檢查了 Ananya 撞到茶几後小腿上的瘀青。
- sore shin
- bruised shin
- shin guard
- shin pad
- break your shin
- scrape your shin
2. the lower section of a cow's leg sold as meat, containing a central bone that be
牛腱
牛小腿部位的肉塊
the lower section of a cow's leg sold as meat, containing a central bone that becomes tender after hours of cooking in liquid
The butcher recommended beef shin for the stew because it stays tender after long cooking.
肉販推薦用牛腱做燉肉，因為久煮之後依然軟嫩。
beef shin for stews
Elena's grandmother cooked veal shin slowly with tomatoes until the meat fell off the bone.
Elena 的祖母用番茄慢燉小牛腱，煮到肉骨分離。
For osso buco, use a thick slice of veal shin with the bone still in it.
要做義式燉牛膝，用一片中間帶骨的小牛腱。
veal shin for osso buco
The restaurant's signature dish was a slow-braised shin of beef served with creamy mashed potatoes.
那家餐廳的招牌菜是搭配奶油馬鈴薯泥的慢燉牛腱。
- beef shin
- veal shin
- braised shin
- shin of beef
- shin stew
- slow-cooked shin
- beef shank
American English equivalent for the same cut of meat
用法筆記
This sense is most common in British English. In American English, the same cut is usually called 'beef shank' or 'veal shank'.
常見錯誤
shin — 動詞
- shinpresent simple I / you / we / they
- shins3rd person singular
- shinning-ing form
- shinnedpast simple
1. to scramble up, down, or across a vertical surface by wrapping your arms and fee
攀爬
用手腳快速攀爬
to scramble up, down, or across a vertical surface by wrapping your arms and feet around it and moving swiftly
The children shinned up the old oak tree to rescue the stranded kitten.
孩子們攀上老橡樹，去救那隻受困的小貓。
shin up + tree
Without a ladder, the plumber shinned up the drainpipe to fix the leak.
沒有梯子，水電工攀上排水管去修理漏水處。
shin up + drainpipe
Fatima's little brother shinned over the garden wall when he heard dinner was ready.
Fatima 的弟弟一聽到晚餐準備好了，就翻過花園圍牆。
The cat shinned down the wooden pole in just a few seconds.
那隻貓幾秒鐘就順著木桿爬了下來。
shin down + pole
- shin up
- shin down
- shin over
- shin along
- shin up a tree
- shin up a drainpipe
- shin over a wall
文法句型
shin + preposition + noun phrase
用法筆記
Always used with a directional preposition ('up', 'down', 'over', 'along') — it is not used alone as a simple transitive verb. More common in British English; American English prefers 'shinny'.
常見錯誤
同根字
- shinbone名詞B1
- shin guard名詞B1
- shin pad名詞B1
- shinny動詞C1