lower leg bone, 1726, from Latin tibia "shinbone," also "pipe, flute" (originally one of bone), in which sense it originally came into English (1540s). Of unknown origin. The Latin plural is tibi?. Related: Tibial.
雙語例句
1. the distal end of the tibia
脛骨遠端
來自《權威詞典》
2. Note that thick, strong angles of tibia are not violated.
注意肥厚 、 結實的脛骨成角部分未受損壞.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. Unfortunately she was diagnosed to have osteosarcoma of tibia (lower limb bone cancer) in November last year .
去年十一月她不幸被診斷出患上脛骨肉瘤（下肢骨癌）。
來自辭典例句
4. Fractured tibia about five inches below the patella.