customs house

基本解釋

Tourists were not uncommon in the city but they usually kept to the old port with its rococo churches and stately customs house, or took the organized cruises along the reef.
游客在城里并不罕見，但他們通常局限在有洛可可式教堂和雄偉的海關(guān)大樓的舊港口，或者乘坐沿著礁石航行的游輪。
The police officer, john, was sitting in the office of the customs house, watching people outside through the window.
約翰警官則坐在海關(guān)的辦公室里，透過窗戶盯著外面的人群。
The testing and authentication shall be conducted by the testing and authentication institutions under the customs house or by entrusting other institutions recognized by the state.
化驗、鑒定應(yīng)當(dāng)交由海關(guān)化驗鑒定機構(gòu)或者委托國家認(rèn)可的其他機構(gòu)進行。
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a government office, esp at a port, where customs are collected and ships cleared for entry