ˌself-ˈconscious adjectiveadj 1 EMBARRASSEDworried and embarrassed about what you look like or what other people think of you 〔因顾虑自己的外表或他人的看法〕忸怩的,害羞的,不自然的self-conscious about Jerry’s pretty self-conscious about his weight. 杰里很在意自己的体重。
► see thesaurus at embarrassed, shy 2. Aself-conscious art, writing etc shows that the artist etc is paying too much attention to how the public will react to their work 〔艺术、文学作品等〕过于重视公众反应的,强调社会效果的 —self-consciously adverbadv The boys posed rather self-consciously for the photo. 男孩子们拍这张照片姿势很不自然。
—self-consciousness noun [uncountableU]