the place at a port, airport, or border where travellers' bags are looked at to find out if any goods are being carried illegally

to go through customs 通过海关

Eddie texted me to say he'd cleared customs and collected his luggage.

They were madehad 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: custom (OFFICIAL CHECK)