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

• 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 executed by firing squad.
  他被行刑队枪决了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• If I go back, it's the firing squad for me.
  要是我回去，面对的将是行刑队。
• 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。
• 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。