Word · Frequency #20944
touchstone
检验标准；衡量标准
核心释义
A basis for comparison; a standard against which other things can be evaluated.
- 1.
用来检验黄金合金成色的石头,通过摩擦留下可见痕迹。
A stone used to verify the quality of gold alloys by rubbing them in order to leave a visible trace.
- 2.
比较的基础；评估其他事物的参考点
a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated
- 3.
比较或评估的标准。
A standard of comparison or evaluation.
试金石；用来检验黄金合金成色的石头,通过摩擦留下可见痕迹。；比较的基础；评估其他事物的参考点；比较或评估的标准。；检验标准
用法In use
For many parents, a good night's sleep is a touchstone of a healthy routine.
用法提示：touchstone 为名词，表示“检验标准”，在句中作表语。
The coach used last year's victory as a touchstone for measuring the team's improvement.
用法提示：touchstone 为名词，表示“衡量标准”，作介词 as 的宾语。
This small town's annual fair serves as a touchstone of its community spirit.
用法提示：touchstone 为名词，表示“试金石”，在句中作表语。
be a touchstone of sth
The new policy will be a touchstone of the government's commitment to reform.
这项新政策将成为政府改革承诺的试金石。
be the touchstone for sth
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- a touchstone for
- 检验…的标准；…的试金石
- This case became a touchstone for future legal decisions.这个案例成为未来法律判决的试金石。
- the touchstone of quality
- 质量的检验标准
- Customer satisfaction is the touchstone of quality in our company.客户满意度是我们公司质量的检验标准。
- serve as a touchstone
- 作为衡量标准
- Her work serves as a touchstone for modern artists.她的作品是现代艺术家的衡量标准。
- become a touchstone
- 成为…的试金石
- The novel has become a touchstone for American literature.这部小说已成为美国文学的试金石。
- a touchstone issue
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
记忆联想：touch（摸）+ stone（石头），试金石靠摩擦检验黄金，引申为评判标准。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：academic writing、formal speech、literary criticism touchstone 多用于正式或书面语，常以比喻义表示‘检验标准’或‘衡量标准’；原义‘试金石’在现代英语中较少见。日常口语中更常用 benchmark 或 standard。
语法说明Grammar Note
可数名词
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Words ending in -one that rhyme with -stone in touchstone: stone, bone, phone, cone (all /oʊn/). Beware lookalikes one and done: spelled with -one but pronounced /wʌn/ and /dʌn/.
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