(~s)
If you say that something is a ~ to a former time, you mean that it is like something that existed a long time ago.
The hall is a ~ to another era with its old prints and stained-glass.
N-COUNT: usu sing, oft N to n
(~s)
If you say that something is a ~ to a former time, you mean that it is like something that existed a long time ago.
The hall is a ~ to another era with its old prints and stained-glass.
N-COUNT: usu sing, oft N to n
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012