Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
self-con·scious
\\-ˈkän(t)-shəs\\ adjective DATE circa 1680
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a. conscious of one's own acts or states as belonging to or originating in oneself : aware of oneself as an individual
b. intensely aware of oneself : conscious
a rising and self-conscious social class
also : produced or done with such awareness
self-conscious art2. uncomfortably conscious of oneself as an object of the observation of others : ill at ease
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self-con·scious·ly adverb
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self-con·scious·ness noun self-conscious
1688, "aware of one's action," a word of the Eng. Enlightenment (Locke was using it by 1690), from self + conscious (q.v.). Morbid sense of "preoccupied with one's own personality" is attested from 1834 (in J.S. Mill).
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7
self-conscious7self-'conscious adjective1. ~ (about sth) nervous or embarrassed about your appearance or what other people think of you
(因顾虑自己的外表或表现)局促不安的,害羞的,不自然的:
He's always been self-conscious about being so short. 他老为自己身材矮小而觉得难为情。2. (often
disapproving) done in a way that shows you are aware of the effect that is being produced
刻意的;自己意识到的:
The humour of the play is self-conscious and contrived. 这部剧的幽默是刻意而为的,而且牵强做作。
OPP unselfconscious
• 7self-'conscious·ly adv.:
She was self-consciously aware of his stare. 她意识到他在看她,感到不自在。• 7self-'conscious·ness noun [U] Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English
Oxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishself-conscious
adj.
VERBS be, feel, look | become, get | make sb He studied her in a way that made her very self-conscious.
ADV. acutely, highly, horribly, painfully, very | a bit, a little, quite, rather, slightly, somewhat
PREP. about He started to get self-conscious about his weight.
self-conscious adj.
⇨ embarrassed
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
self-conscious
\ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\
adjective1.
a. : conscious of one's own acts or states as belonging to or originating in oneself
: aware of oneself as an individual that experiences, desires, and acts
< not only thinks, but he knows himself as thinking … is not only conscious, but he is self-conscious — Rufus Jones >
b. : intensely aware of oneself or itself
: conscious
: deliberate
< have been very self-conscious about their roles as guardians of the social values — D.M.Potter >
< this highly self-conscious poetical prose — Times Literary Supplement >2. : uncomfortably conscious of oneself as an object of the observation of others
: ill at ease
< wondered if there would ever be a time in his life when he could be untidy without being self-conscious about it — Jean Stafford > • self-consciously \(ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ adverb