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

• And a factory manager in North Korea was shot by a firing squad because he appointed his children as managers and made international phone calls.
  在朝鲜，一个工厂经理被行刑队执行了枪决，因为他任命了他的子女为管理人员，而且他还曾经打过国际电话。
• The moral equivalent is putting a jaywalker before a firing squad.
  在道义上说，这就相当于把一个乱穿马路的人枪毙。
• Firing squad: a detachment assigned to shoot persons condemned to death. They shot her by firing squad at dawn.
  行刑队：一个负责向判死刑的人开枪的分遣队.黎明时刻她被行刑队枪杀。
• Those put to death by firing squad included three generals.
  行刑队处决的那些人里有3名将军。
• If I go back, it's the firing squad for me.
  要是我回去，面对的将是行刑队。
• 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。
• Four men convicted of murder were executed, three by hanging and the fourth by firing squad.
  被判谋杀罪的四名男子遭到处决，其中三人被处以绞刑，另外一人被枪毙了。
• Was a former NBA player executed by firing squad in Uganda?
  前NBA球员是由射击队在乌干达执行？
• He was awaiting the firing squad.
  他正在等待火枪队执行死刑。
• 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。