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 awaiting the firing squad.
  他正在等待火枪队执行死刑。
• 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。
• Firing squad: a detachment assigned to shoot persons condemned to death. They shot her by firing squad at dawn.
  行刑队：一个负责向判死刑的人开枪的分遣队.黎明时刻她被行刑队枪杀。
• I volunteered to be on the firing squad.
  我自愿加入了行刑队。
• 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。
• Ms Sandiford, who may face a firing squad, remains one of the 23,000 or so condemned prisoners around the world.
  可能面对行刑队的Sandiford现在仍是全球约23000个等待执行死刑的犯人之一。
• 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。
• 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。
• I imagine they'll get nothing less than a firing squad.
  我想她们得不到任何东西。
• 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。