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

• If I go back, it's the firing squad for me.
  要是我回去，面对的将是行刑队。
• A firing squad will shoot him down.
  行刑队将要枪毙他。
• You lie to me again, you'll be facing a firing squad.
  如果你再对我撒谎，你会面对行刑队。
• 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 executed by firing squad.
  他被行刑队枪决了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• I would line them up in front of a firing squad.
  我要让他们面对行刑队排成一行。