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douanier

/dwa-nyey/US // dwaˈnyeɪ //

斗牛士,斗牛犬,斗鱼,斗牛场

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural doua·niers [dwa-nyey]. /dwaˈnyeɪ/. French.

    • : a customs officer or official.

Examples

  • It is a cluster of untidy stone houses, with nothing to delay the passer-by except a douanier's bureau and a tobacco store.

  • Don Sinibaldo, however, attributes this removal to the exactions of the Portuguese douanier.

  • This gift they have in common with the Primitives; and this the douanier possessed in an extraordinary degree.

  • Nothing doing, and the douanier returns to his fishing off the jettys end.

  • "Nothing, no gendarme's helmet, no douanier's cap," whispered M. Ulrich.

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