| 单词 | to put to the touch |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto put to the touch c. figurative. Anything which serves to test the genuineness or value of anything; a criterion or reference point by which something is assessed, judged, or recognized; a test; = touchstone n. 2b. Now only in to put to the touch.In later use sometimes with allusion to quot. c1690-1710. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > [noun] > criterion rulec1384 meteyard?1531 touchstone?1531 plumb line1551 plummet1553 metewanda1568 touch1581 stone of touch1604 criterion1622 scale1626 criteriuma1631 measure1641 judge1642 criterie1660 foot-rule1662 mark1765 point of reference1772 metera1825 reference point1849 yardstick1869 benchmark1884 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions iii. 13 I will binde vpon proofe, and let triall be the tuche. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iv. ii. 9 O Buckingham, now do I plaie the touch, To trie if thou be currant gold indeed. View more context for this quotation 1624 F. Quarles Iob Militant vii. med. xiii Affliction is the Touch, whereby we proove, Whether 't be Gold, or guilt. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 206/1 Verity is not ashamed of the Light, nor afraid to come to the touch. c1690–1710 Ld. Montrose Proper New Ballad (single sheet) He either fears his fate too much, or his deserts are small, That dares not put it to the touch, to gain or lose at all. 1706 W. Kennett Compl. Hist. Eng. III. 561/1 That when it came to the Touch, they wou'd never bear the Brunt of a Battle. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped ii. 10 Till I had put the matter to the touch of proof. 1925 Amer. Mercury Jan. 72/1 You must go to the Pennsylvania Dutch and put your fate to the touch. 2002 J. Beyrle in T. H. Taylor Behind Hitler's Lines xvii. 269 It was on a Tuesday in January 1945 that we put it to the touch. < as lemmas |
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