something that provides a standard against which other things are compared and/or judged
the touchstone for quality
检验质量的标准
1.试金石;〈比喻〉检查标准
1.a standard that is used for testing or judging other things
1.Touchstone still found it odd to see Sabriel dressed in Ancelstierran clothes, particularly their court clothes, as she was wearing today.
塔齐斯顿偶尔会发现萨布莉尔穿着安塞斯蒂尔的衣服，尤其是他们的法庭服装，同样她今天也穿着。
2.But the metal is something of a touchstone on the supply side, too.
金属原料的价格常常成为供应方的试金石。
3.Emerson was a touchstone, and Salinger often quoted him in letters.
艾默生是一块试金石，塞林格经常在信里引用他的话。
4.Both ABC and Touchstone seem to be genuinely pleased with the results.
ABC和正金石影业对这个结果十分满意。
5.Two years after he outlined his theory, it is still a touchstone in design circles for discussing Apple and its rivals.
即使在理论发表两年后，当设计圈中谈及苹果和它的竞争对手时，这条理论仍然是一条准则。
6.Nonetheless, Wonder Woman remains a touchstone of popular culture, a symbol of feminism and an enduring piece of psychology history.
然而，神力女超人依旧是流行文化的试金石和女权主义的象征，在心理学史上永远留下痕迹。
7.Published in 1951, Catcher has long been a literary touchstone for alienated high school students.
1951年出版，对于疏离的高中生学生而言，长期以来一直是文学的试金石。
8.Homosexuality might not be gold, but it must be the touchstone of black and white, of beauty and ugliness in this day and age.
同性恋也许不是金子，但肯定是这个时代黑白美丑的试金石。
9.The walk is really little more than a cultural touchstone and a literary conceit, the event around which McCann has assembled his cast.
在云端中行走——麦凯恩将他的角色交汇的事件，真的稍甚于文化精粹和文学奇喻。
10.In the opinion of some old people, traditional modes of thought are the touchstone by which to tell good from bad.
在一些老人看来，传统的思维模式是分辨是非的试金石。