firing squad

英 [ˈfaɪərɪŋ skwɒd]

美 [ˈfaɪərɪŋ skwɑːd]

n.  行刑队(对判死刑的犯人执行枪决)

牛津词典

noun

• 行刑队（对判死刑的犯人执行枪决）
  a group of soldiers who are ordered to shoot and kill sb who is found guilty of a crime
  1. He was executed by (a) firing squad.
     他被行刑队执行枪决。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 行刑队
  Afiring squadis a group of soldiers who are ordered to shoot and kill a person who has been found guilty of committing a crime.
  1. He was executed by firing squad.
     他被行刑队枪决了。

英英释义

noun

• a squad formed to fire volleys at a military funeral or to carry out a military execution
  Synonym:firing party

双语例句

• Marshal Antonescu asked to be shot by the army, but was refused and the firing squad was made up of12 prison guards.
  他要求被军队开枪射死，但遭到了拒绝，枪决是由12名狱警执行的。
• A month later, he had Mac í as executed by firing squad.
  一个月后，马西埃被行刑队处决。
• Hill, he declares, was probably innocent, but came to welcome a dramatic death& by a firing squad in Utah.
  他说，希尔很有可能是无辜的，但是却迎来了戏剧性的死亡&由犹他州的行刑队执行的。
• The prisoner was given a stay of execution. The prisoner was put to death ( by firing squad) at dawn.
  那囚犯在黎明时被（行刑队）处决。
• A firing squad will shoot him down.
  行刑队将要枪毙他。
• I imagine they'll get nothing less than a firing squad.
  我想她们得不到任何东西。
• And the firing squad's on hold till it's over.
  要等到行动结束再行刑。
• British soldier Horace Greasley was so besotted with his German sweetheart he would risk death by Nazi firing squad by sneaking out of his prisoner of war camp to see her.
  英国士兵贺拉斯格里斯利是如此深爱他的德国女友，所以他甘愿冒着被纳粹行刑队发现的死亡危险，也要溜出战俘营去见她。
• Coach said that when the firing squad must concentrate, to hit all the enemy of the body.
  教练说过，打靶的时候一定要全神贯注，把所有注意击中到敌人身上。
• Ms Sandiford, who may face a firing squad, remains one of the 23,000 or so condemned prisoners around the world.
  可能面对行刑队的Sandiford现在仍是全球约23000个等待执行死刑的犯人之一。