touchstone

• n.試金石；（テストの）基準
• n.(試金石)人名;(英)Tachiston.

タッチ、タッチ、タッチ、派生テスト、石、石。試金石を指す。

touchstone (n.)

late 15c., from touch (v.) in the Middle English sense "to test" (metal) + stone (n.). Fine-grained black quartz, used for testing the quality of gold and silver alloys by the color of the streak made by rubbing them on it. Also see basalt. Figurative sense is from 1530s.

1. the touchstone for quality

検査品質の基準

2.A man 's deed is the touchstone of his greatness or littleness.

行動は一人の偉大さまたはちっぽけな試金石である。

3.42 As the touchstone tries gold,so gold tries man.

42試金石試金、金試人.

民俗

4.Job security has become the touchstone of a good job for many employees.

仕事の安定性は多くの従業員が仕事の良し悪しを測定する基準となっている。

5.The touchstone of a contract is the notion of equality.

検査契約の基準は平等な観念である。