中英互译
touchstone
英 /ˈtʌtʃstəʊn/美 /ˈtʌtʃstoʊn/
基本释义
- n.试金石;(检验)标准
- n.(Touchstone)人名;(英)塔奇斯通
复数touchstones
双语例句
- Job security has become the touchstone of a good job for many employees.对许多雇员来说,工作的稳定性已经成了一份好工作的标准。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- The importance of Johnson's letter is not so much historical as emotional; it would become a touchstone for all who repudiated patrons and for all who embraced the laws of the marketplace.约翰逊这封信的重要性与其说是历史上的,不如说是情感上的;它将成为所有否定资助者和所有拥护市场法则的人的试金石。
- He spent a whole day doing this but none of them was the touchstone.他花了一整天的时间来做这件事,但没有一件能成为试金石。
网络短语
- Touchstone Pictures试金石影业;试金石影片;发行试金石
- THE TOUCHSTONE唱片名
- Touchstone studios试金石电影制片厂;试金石影戏制片厂
- Touchstone Television点金石;试金石电视公司
- AUTOMATED TOUCHSTONE MACHINES LTD辰通智能
同义词
词义分布
试金石
84.1%
标准
15.9%
英英释义
- n.a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated
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。
- touchstonetouch + stone