ego
['egәu, 'i:gәu]
n. 自

[医] 自

1. Holding the view that the ego is the center, object, and norm of all experience.
   自自、象验标准
2. Constantly protecting oneself from criticism, exposure of one's shortcomings, or other real or perceived threats to the ego.
   自护，自护自己，使自受评，暴露自己短受其真察觉威胁自
3. An inflated estimate; an inflated ego.
   夸；意自满自

ego
[ noun ]

1. an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others

<noun.feeling>

2. your consciousness of your own identity

<noun.cognition>

3. (psychoanalysis) the conscious mind

<noun.cognition>

ego \e"go\, n.; pl. {egos}. [L., I.]
The conscious and permanent subject of all psychical
experiences, whether held to be directly known or the product
of reflective thought; the subject consciously considered as
``I'' by a person; -- opposed to {non-ego}.
[1913 Webster +PJC]

2. (Psychoanalysis) that one of the three parts of a person's
psychic apparatus that mediates consciously between the
drives of the id and the realities of the external
physical and social environment, by integrating
perceptions of the external world and organizing the
reactions to it. Contrasted with the {id} and {superego}.
[PJC]

3. egotism; as, a job requiring a diplomat without too much
ego.
[PJC]

4. self-esteem; as, he has an overinflated ego.
[PJC]