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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• And then, uh, bring in the firing squad.
  然后再把行动小组隐藏起来。
• A firing squad will shoot him down.
  行刑队将要枪毙他。
• 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。