| 单词 | stone of touch |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstone of touch 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). ΘΚΠ 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. < as lemmas |
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