英语词汇“custom house waiter”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

custom house waiter n. now historical and rare a customs officer who watches out for and inspects newly arrived ships in order to ensure that any customs duties due on imported goods are payed; = tide-waiter n. 1.

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1649 M. Nedham Most Pithy Exhort. 2 The Custom-house-waiters have wink'd at many of their pretty passages between ship and shore.

1768 in Hist. Essex County, Mass. (1888) I. 94/1 A Custom House waiter, on Wednesday last, by informing an officer of the Customs that some measures were taken on board a vessel in this Harbor.., engaged the attention of a number of the inhabitants.

1831 tr. in App. Rep. Affairs E. India Company II. 5 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 320B) VI. 1 The native salt Merchants, Hong Merchants, custom-house waiters and interpreters, are all seen in chairs when they please.

1992 J. Youings & P. W. Cornford in M. Duffy New Maritime Hist. Devon I. xi. 102 At a total valuation for customs of rather over £100, this brought in about £5 in customs revenue, barely sufficient to pay the wages of one of the Customs House waiters.

单词	custom house waiter
释义	> as lemmas custom house waiter custom house waiter n. now historical and rare a customs officer who watches out for and inspects newly arrived ships in order to ensure that any customs duties due on imported goods are payed; = tide-waiter n. 1. ΚΠ 1649 M. Nedham Most Pithy Exhort. 2 The Custom-house-waiters have wink'd at many of their pretty passages between ship and shore. 1768 in Hist. Essex County, Mass. (1888) I. 94/1 A Custom House waiter, on Wednesday last, by informing an officer of the Customs that some measures were taken on board a vessel in this Harbor.., engaged the attention of a number of the inhabitants. 1831 tr. in App. Rep. Affairs E. India Company II. 5 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 320B) VI. 1 The native salt Merchants, Hong Merchants, custom-house waiters and interpreters, are all seen in chairs when they please. 1992 J. Youings & P. W. Cornford in M. Duffy New Maritime Hist. Devon I. xi. 102 At a total valuation for customs of rather over £100, this brought in about £5 in customs revenue, barely sufficient to pay the wages of one of the Customs House waiters. extracted from custom housen. < as lemmas
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