touchstone
英 ['t?t?st??n]
美 ['t?t?'ston]
- n. 試金石；（檢驗）標準
- n. (Touchstone)人名；(英)塔奇斯通
中文詞源
touchstone 試金石touch,觸碰，觸摸，引申詞義檢驗，stone,石頭。用于指試金石。
英文詞源
- touchstone (n.)
- late 15c., from touch (v.) in the Middle English sense "to test" (metal) + stone (n.). Fine-grained black quartz, used for testing the quality of gold and silver alloys by the color of the streak made by rubbing them on it. Also see basalt. Figurative sense is from 1530s.
雙語例句
- 1. the touchstone for quality
- 檢驗質(zhì)量的標準
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 2. A man's deed is the touchstone of his greatness or littleness.
- 行動是一個人偉大或者渺小的試金石.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. 42 As the touchstone tries gold, so gold tries man.
- 42試金石試金, 黃金試人.
來自英漢非文學 - 民俗
- 4. Job security has become the touchstone of a good job for many employees.
- 工作穩(wěn)定性已成為很多員工衡量一份工作好壞的標準。
來自辭典例句
- 5. The touchstone of a contract is the notion of equality.
- 檢驗契約的標準是平等的觀念.
來自辭典例句