be something of a

phrase

1
used for emphasizing that someone is fairly good at something or has a fairly good knowledge of something
My grandmother was something of a poet.
Jill considers herself to be something of an environmentalist.
Synonyms and related words
Ways of emphasizing how good something is
highly
monumental
cool
2
used for showing that you are not being very definite in the way that you are describing someone or something
Woods’s performance in the tournament was something of a disappointment.
Synonyms and related words
Ways of describing something in a general way
generally
as a whole
by definition

单词	be something of a
释义	be something of a phrase Other entries for this word be a bundle of something phrase be a measure of something phrase be a slave to/of something phrase be a good/bad etc. judge of something phrase not make a habit of doing something/not be in the habit of doing something phrase DEFINITIONS2 1 used for emphasizing that someone is fairly good at something or has a fairly good knowledge of something My grandmother was something of a poet. Jill considers herself to be something of an environmentalist. Synonyms and related words Ways of emphasizing how good something is highly monumental cool 2 used for showing that you are not being very definite in the way that you are describing someone or something Woods’s performance in the tournament was something of a disappointment. Synonyms and related words Ways of describing something in a general way generally as a whole by definition be something of a phrase Other entries for this word be a bundle of something phrase be a measure of something phrase be a slave to/of something phrase be a good/bad etc judge of something phrase not make a habit of doing something/not be in the habit of doing something phrase DEFINITIONS2 1 used for emphasizing that someone is fairly good at something or has a fairly good knowledge of something My grandmother was something of a poet. Jill considers herself to be something of an environmentalist. Synonyms and related words Ways of emphasizing how good something is highly monumental cool 2 used for showing that you are not being very definite in the way that you are describing someone or something Woods’s performance in the tournament was something of a disappointment. Synonyms and related words Ways of describing something in a general way generally as a whole by definition
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