Touchstone
['tʌtʃstəʊn] or ['tʌtʃ'ston]
解释:
(n.) Lydian stone; basanite; -- so called because used to test the purity of gold and silver by the streak which is left upon the stone when it is rubbed by the metal. See Basanite.
(n.) Any test or criterion by which the qualities of a thing are tried.
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同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Basanite, black jasper, Lydian stone.[2]. Test, criterion, proof, ordeal, assay, touch.
校对:路易丝
例句:
- His own knowledge was high, she was the central touchstone of truth. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- There is, of course, no infallible touchstone by which we can tell offhand. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Gold can be only known by the application of the touchstone. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- You appear to me to be the very touchstone of responsibility. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- But as a fact of immediate politics, as a touchstone applied quickly to all the acts of statecraft in America it belongs to the Twentieth Century. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
手打:帕特丽夏