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单词 touchstone
释义 touchstone
 /tuch"stohn'/,  n.  
  1. a test or criterion for the qualities of a thing.
  2. a black siliceous stone formerly used to test the purity of gold and silver by the color of the streak produced on it by rubbing it with either metal.
 [1475-85; TOUCH + STONE]
 Syn. 1. standard, measure, model, pattern.
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