passport control
noun [ U ] uk/ˌpɑːs.pɔːt kənˈtrəʊl/ us/ˌpæs.pɔːrt kənˈtroʊl/
（码头、机场或边境等处的）入境检验处;护照检查柜台
the place at a port, airport, or border where travellers' passports (= official documents proving who someone is and allowing them to travel) are checked
When we got to the airport , there was a long wait at passport control. 当我们到了机场，在护照检查处等了很久。
He'll never get through passport control. 他永远也过不了护照检查。
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- They cleared passport control and went to pick up their bags.
- He was waved through passport control with barely a glance.
- She was stopped by a passport control officer and taken to an interrogation room.