(~s)
If you refer to someone as a ~, you mean that they are perfect or have a lot of a good quality.
We don’t expect candidates to be ~s of virtue.
N-COUNT: oft N of n
(~s)
If you refer to someone as a ~, you mean that they are perfect or have a lot of a good quality.
We don’t expect candidates to be ~s of virtue.
N-COUNT: oft N of n
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012