🇬🇧🇨🇳 baggage claim - 行李领取处 : English Lesson

Meaning of "baggage claim" ("行李领取处"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Baggage claim is the area in an airport where people stand and wait for their suitcases and bags to come out on a moving belt after a flight, so they can pick them up and go home or on their trip.

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At baggage claim, my suitcase came out wearing more vacation stickers than I did.

The baggage claim belt is like a fashion runway for suitcases, and mine definitely did not get the memo about style.

I saw a suitcase at baggage claim that was so huge I thought someone had checked in a small car.

The announcer said, “Your bags will arrive shortly,” but my suitcase clearly didn’t hear her and arrived lazily 20 minutes later.

At baggage claim, a suitcase came out wrapped in so much tape it looked like a mummy on vacation.

At baggage claim, a tired woman watched the carousel. Baggage claim noise filled the small hall as people checked tags. Her son waved a small red case at baggage claim, but the wrong bag turned. She lunged, found their blue suitcase at baggage claim, and hugged it, relief spreading through the busy baggage claim area.

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This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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