excise
n[U]
government tax on certain goods manufactured, sold or used within a country 國內貨物稅; 消費稅
the excise on beer/spirits/tobacco 啤酒[烈性酒/煙草]消費稅
customs and excise 關稅與國內貨物稅
[attrib 作定語]
an excise officer, ie an official employed in collecting excise 國內貨物稅務官. Cf 參看 customs1.
excise v [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sth (from sth) (fml 文) remove by, or as if by, cutting (esp a part of the body or a passage from a book) 切除(尤指身體的一部分); 刪除(書中的一段)
The surgeon excised the lump from her breast. 外科醫生切除了她乳房的腫塊.
The censor insisted on excising the passage from the film. 電影審查員堅持剪去影片的這一段.