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单词 stone of stumbling
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stone of stumbling (†scandal, †slander, etc.)
h. stone of stumbling (scandal, slander, etc.): an occasion of scandal or stumbling, a stumbling-block (Vulgate petra scandali). †stone of touch = touchstone n. and adj. (obsolete).
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > disgrace or dishonour > [noun] > cause of disgrace
shendship1303
stone of stumbling (scandal, slander, etc.)a1382
lackc1480
dishonour1553
discredit1574
disgrace1590
shame1609
opprobrium1656
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
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. viii. 14 The Lord..shal be..in to a ston..of offencion [a1425 a stoon of hirtyng], and in to a ston of sclaunder [ Coverd. stone to stomble at, ye rock to fall vpon; 1611 for a stone of stumbling and for a rocke of offence] to the two houses of Irael.
1604 A. Craig Poet. Ess. sig. B3 Be thou the stone (precellent Prince) of tuch, For to secerne the honest mindes from such.
1639 S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 111 She was accounted as a stone of scandall which ought to bee cast forth of the City.
1695 tr. M. Misson New Voy. Italy II. 107 His Authority has been always a Stone of Stumbling to those who are wont to make Prejudice their Rule of Faith.
1911 B. Nightingale Ejected of 1662 I. 701 Hutchinson's error has..been quite a stone of stumbling to subsequent writers.
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