touchstone是什么意思，touchstone怎么读

touchstone基本信息

touchstone基本信息

读法：英 ["tʌtʃstəʊn] 美 ["tʌtʃ"ston]

释义：

n. 试金石；（检验）标准

n. (Touchstone)人名；(英)塔奇斯通

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英英释义

Noun:

a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated;"the schools comply with federal standards"
"they set the measure for all subsequent work"

中英词源

touchstone 试金石

touch,触碰，触摸，引申词义检验，stone,石头。用于指试金石。WWW.wEnTIyi.COm

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.

词态变化

复数 touchstones;

权威造句

1. the touchstone for quality: 检验质量的标准

2. A man"s deed is the touchstone of his greatness or littleness.: 行动是一个人伟大或者渺小的试金石.

3. 42 As the touchstone tries gold, so gold tries man.: 42试金石试金, 黄金试人.

4. Job security has become the touchstone of a good job for many employees.: 工作稳定性已成为很多员工衡量一份工作好坏的标准。

5. The touchstone of a contract is the notion of equality.: 检验契约的标准是平等的观念.

近反义词

criterion 标准

standard 标准

benchmark 标准检查程序...

yardstick 码尺

hallmark 纯度标记

measure 措施

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