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

• He was executed by firing squad.
  他被行刑队枪决了。
• 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？
• 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。
• They shot her by firing squad at dawn.
  黎明时刻她被行刑队枪杀。
• He was awaiting the firing squad.
  他正在等待火枪队执行死刑。
• I volunteered to be on the firing squad.
  我自愿加入了行刑队。
• Presiding judge Mohammad Mahfud says the pain generated by a firing squad is a natural part of the execution process and not torture, as claimed by the bombers'lawyers.
  该案审判长穆罕默德·马赫富德说，由枪决所造成的痛苦是处决过程中的自然部分，不是这些爆炸制造者的律师所说的折磨。
• If I go back, it's the firing squad for me.
  要是我回去，面对的将是行刑队。
• 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。
• 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。