customs

英 [ˈkʌstəmz]

美 [ˈkʌstəmz]

n.  (政府部门)海关; (港口或机场的)海关; 关税; 进口税
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牛津词典

noun

• （政府部门）海关
  the government department that collects taxes on goods bought and sold and on goods brought into the country, and that checks what is brought in
  1. The Customs have seized large quantities of smuggled heroin.
     海关查获了大量走私的海洛因。
  2. a customs officer
     海关官员
• （港口或机场的）海关
  the place at a port or an airport where your bags are checked as you come into a country
  1. to go through customs and passport control
     通过海关和交验护照
• 关税；进口税
  the taxes that must be paid to the government when goods are brought in from other countries
  1. to pay customs on sth
     为某物缴纳关税
  2. customs duty/duties
     进口税

柯林斯词典

• N-PROPER 海关(部门)
  Customsis the official organization responsible for collecting taxes on goods coming into a country and preventing illegal goods from being brought in.
  1. ...components similar to those seized by British customs.
     与英国海关截获的那些物品相似的部件
  2. ...customs officers.
     海关官员
• N-UNCOUNT 海关
  Customsis the place where people arriving from a foreign country have to declare goods that they bring with them.
  1. He walked through customs.
     他步行通过海关。
• (税收)海关的，进出口的
  Customsduties are taxes that people pay for importing and exporting goods.
• See also:custom

英英释义

noun

• money collected under a tariff
  Synonym:customs dutycustomimpost

双语例句

• The car slowed down as they passed Customs
  过海关的时候，车速慢了下来。
• Customs officials can get extremely pernickety about things like that.
  海关官员可能会对那种东西极度吹毛求疵。
• The customs inspector was on the watch for diamond smugglers.
  海关检查员正监视着钻石走私的活动。
• He watched the Customs official peer into the driver's window.
  他看见海关官员透过驾驶座车窗仔细地往里看。
• He was arrested by plain-clothes detectives as he walked through the customs hall.
  他穿过海关大厅时被便衣侦探逮捕。
• Customs officials have made a series of contradictory statements about the equipment
  海关官员们对这种设备作出了一系列互相矛盾的陈述。
• They will campaign for the return of traditional lands and respect for aboriginal rights and customs.
  他们会争取讨回世代相传的土地，并要求尊重土著居民的权利和风俗。
• I hate to see these old customs.
  我看不惯这些旧习惯。
• You must go through customs in order to pass across the border.
  你要过境，就必须在海关办理手续。
• These customs have been handed down through the ages.
  这些风俗是世世代代传下来的。