| 词汇 | customs |
| 释义 | customsphrase[ plural ] B1 the place at a port, airport, or border where travellers' bags are looked at to find out if any goods are being carried illegally: 海关 go through customsIt took us ages to go through customs. clear customsEddie texted me to say he'd cleared customs and collected his luggage. They had to wait twenty minutes before getting through customs. The idea is to help frequent fliers pass more quickly through customs. For once, we breezed through customs. My partner with a German passport sailed through customs. We were waved through customs. See also customnoun(OFFICIAL CHECK) customs | American Dictionarycustoms plural noun us/ˈkʌs·təmz/ money paid to the government when you take particular goods from one country to another customs noun[ U ] us/ˈkʌs·təmz/ the place at a port, airport, or border where travelers’ bags are examined for illegal or taxable goods: customs officials It took us ages to get through customs when we got back from Italy. customs | Business Englishcustoms noun[ plural ] uk /ˈkʌstəmz/us TAX, GOVERNMENT (alsoCustoms) the government department that deals with taxes on goods coming into and leaving a country: UK customs say the truck was carrying drugs with a street value of over £3m. A prominent retailer is legally challenging Customs' decision to include credit card fees in the amount of duty paid on imported goods. She works for US Customs. TRANSPORT, TAX the place at an airport, port, or border where goods that people bring into a country are examined to make sure they are legal and whether any tax should be paid on them: A man who was stopped at customs was found to have a quantity of plastic explosives in his case. A small wooden hut at the border crossing served as both passport control and customs. go through customsYou will need to go through customs after you have retrieved your baggage. TAX taxes that are paid on goods that are brought into a country: You don't have to pay customs on any alcohol or tobacco brought for your own consumption in another EU country. See alsocustoms agent Customs and Excise customs bond customs broker customs clearance customs declaration customs drawback customs duty customs entry customs officer customs official customs specification customs tariff customs union customs warehouse Examples of customscustoms Also, they can adopt the system of preferential taxation or even abolish customs duties altogether. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. If clear, the car will proceed to a customs officers check centre. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In return they were granted trading exemptions from customs tax. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Taxation took two primary forms: levy and customs. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In the 19th century the remaining buildings were used as a customs house. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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