“码尺”常见的英文表达是 yardstick 。它原指一种以码(yard)为长度单位的量尺,现在常被引申用来表示衡量或评判事物的标准、准则 。例如:This test will be the yardstick by which we measure the students' progress.(这次考试将是我们衡量学生进步的标准。)