transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈthrō ]
noun
Etymology: Middle English thrawe, throwe, from Old English thrawu, thrēa threat, pang; akin to Old High German drawa threat
Date: 13th century
1. : pang , spasm
death throe s
throe s of childbirth
2. plural : a hard or painful struggle
the throe s of revolutionary social change — M. D. Geismar