customs

noun

1. （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
2. （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
3. 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

1. N-PROPER 海关(部门)
   Customs is 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
2. N-UNCOUNT 海关
   Customs is 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。
3. (税收)海关的，进出口的
   Customs duties are taxes that people pay for importing and exporting goods.
4. See also: custom

1. The affair began when customs officials inspected a convoy of 60 tankers
   就在海关关员检查一个60艘油轮的船队时，事情发生了。
2. My body was on autopilot as I trailed through passport control, baggage reclaim and customs.
   我机械性地跟着通过了过境检查、行李认领和海关。
3. 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。
4. He walked through customs.
   他步行通过海关。
5. On the customs declaration, the sender labeled the freight as agricultural machinery
   在报关单上，寄货人将货物列为农用机械。
6. Similar customs were known in widely divergent cultures such as Ancient Egypt and Scandinavia.
   在大不相同的文化中有一些相似的习俗，比如古埃及和斯堪的纳维亚之间。
7. You will be able to take ten dozen bottles free of duty through customs
   你可以携带120瓶免税通过海关。
8. They are whisked through the immigration and customs formalities in a matter of minutes.
   给他们办理入境和通关手续只用了短短几分钟时间。
9. The Customs Service seized 27.2 metric tons of cocaine in 1986.
   1986年海关截获了27.2公吨的可卡因。
10. He must be a newcomer to town and he obviously didn't understand our local customs
    他一定是刚到镇上来的，明显不了解我们这儿的风俗。
11. 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。
12. 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。
13. 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。
14. The legal powers of British Customs officers are laid out in the Customs and Excise Management Act of 1969.
    英国海关官员的法定权限在1969年的《关税与消费税管理法》中有明文规定。
15. 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。
16. Protestors banged on the sides of the lorry and broke customs seals on the doors.
    抗议者们猛砸卡车的侧面，并且撕掉了车门上的海关封条。
17. Skull and crossbones stickers on the drums aroused the suspicion of the customs officers.
    这些桶上贴着的骷髅标志引起了海关官员的怀疑。
18. The car slowed down as they passed Customs
    过海关的时候，车速慢了下来。
19. The van was stopped at customs in Harwich.
    小货车在哈里奇海关被拦下了。
20. their rich heritage of ancient tribal customs.
    他们古老部落风俗的丰富遗产
21. The customs figures show a steady decline in British trade.
    关税数字表明英国的贸易一直在走下坡路。
22. These customs have been handed down through the ages.
    这些风俗是世世代代传下来的。
23. 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。
24. For years he has been smuggling watches through customs.
    多年来他一直夹带手表过海关。
25. We all hold these old customs in detestation.
    我们都非常嫌恶这些旧习惯。
26. The customs officers rummaged the ship suspected to have contraband goods.
    海关人员仔细搜查了一艘有走私嫌疑的海轮。
27. The customs officer confiscated the smuggled goods.
    海关官员没收了走私品。
28. 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。
29. I hate to see these old customs.
    我看不惯这些旧习惯。

noun

1. money collected under a tariff

   Synonym:    customs dutycustomimpost