self-conscious

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Aware of oneself as an individual being.
  2. Excessively conscious of one's appearance or behaviour.
    — “Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy!—and yours are pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better.[…]”
  3. Uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease.

词形变化

more self-conscious comparative most self-conscious superlative selfconscious alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
self-consciously self-consciousness

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *swé?
Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *selbaz
Old English self
Old English self-
Middle English self-
English self-
English conscious
English self-conscious
From self- + conscious.
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary