transcription, транскрипция: [ streɪnd ]
1.
If someone’s appearance, voice, or behaviour is strained , they seem worried and nervous.
Gil sensed something wrong from her father’s strained voice...
≠ relaxed
ADJ
2.
If relations between people are strained , those people do not like or trust each other.
...a period of strained relations between the prime minister and his deputy.
ADJ