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

• A firing squad will shoot him down.
  行刑队将要枪毙他。
• 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。
• They shot her by firing squad at dawn.
  黎明时刻她被行刑队枪杀。
• 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。
• 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。
• In the not-so-distant past, management transitions at Ford Motor Co. were much like the firing squad at a South American Banana Republic.
  就在不久前，福特汽车公司（FordMotorCo.）管理层的变更就像是南美香蕉共和国的死刑执行现场。
• 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。
• 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。
• He was awaiting the firing squad.
  他正在等待火枪队执行死刑。
• 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。