(~s)
A ~ of things or people is a room that is full of them. You can also refer to the amount or number of things or people that a room can contain as a ~.
It was like a teacher disciplining a ~ of second-year pupils...
N-COUNT: usu N of n
(~s)
A ~ of things or people is a room that is full of them. You can also refer to the amount or number of things or people that a room can contain as a ~.
It was like a teacher disciplining a ~ of second-year pupils...
N-COUNT: usu N of n
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012