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

• And the firing squad's on hold till it's over.
  要等到行动结束再行刑。
• 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？
• 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。
• He was executed by firing squad.
  他被行刑队枪决了。
• 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。
• I imagine they'll get nothing less than a firing squad.
  我想她们得不到任何东西。
• 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。
• 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。
• And then, uh, bring in the firing squad.
  然后再把行动小组隐藏起来。
• 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。