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

• 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？
• They want changes, make it a firing squad. it's a good idea.
  他们想让我们改成行刑队，这是个好主意。
• 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。
• He was awaiting the firing squad.
  他正在等待火枪队执行死刑。
• The condemned man faced the firing squad with dignity; a convicted criminal.
  那个被宣布有罪的人大义凛然的面对着行刑的队伍；被判有罪的罪犯。
• 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。
• 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。
• And then, uh, bring in the firing squad.
  然后再把行动小组隐藏起来。
• 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。
• Murat had looked into the eyes of the firing squad without flinching
  穆拉特毫不退缩地直视着执行枪决的行刑队员们的眼睛。