n.

1. 自身，自己；自我[C][U]
   Much importance is attached to the development of the individual self.

   个人自身的发展很受重视。

2. 本性的一面，本质[C]
   She hates her former self.

   她痛恨过去的她。

3. 私利，私心[U]
   He never has any thought of self.

   他从不考虑个人得失。

4. 【商】本人[U]

a.

1. 同种的，同类的
2. 单色的

n.

a person's essential being that distinguishes them from others, especially considered as the object of introspection or reflexive action.

pron.

1. (one's self) used ironically to refer in specified favourable terms to oneself or someone else:
   a picture of my good self.
2. used on counterfoils, cheques, and other papers to refer to the holder or person who has signed.

adj.

(of a trimming, woven design, etc.) of the same material or colour as the rest.

v.

chiefly Botany  self-pollinate; self-fertilize.