If you are self-taught, you learned a skill or a subject by yourself — by reading, watching, and practising — not by sitting in a school class with a teacher. People say it about musicians, painters, cooks, and people who learned computers at home: "He is a self-taught guitarist." It is an adjective, and it is usually respectful; it can even sound like praise, because the learning took effort.

If you are self-taught如果你是 self-taught， you你 by yourself是靠自己 a skill or a subject把一項技能或一門學問 learned學起來的—— by reading, watching, and practising靠讀、靠看、靠練—— not by sitting in a school class不是靠坐在學校教室裡 with a teacher跟著老師。 People say it about人們拿它來形容 musicians, painters, cooks音樂人、畫家、廚師， and people who learned computers at home和在家學會電腦的人："He is a self-taught guitarist."他是自學的吉他手。 It它 is an adjective是形容詞， and而且 usually通常 respectful帶著敬意； even甚至 can sound like praise可以聽起來像稱讚， because因為 the learning那樣學 took effort費了工夫。

Though actually, almost nobody learns in a total vacuum. A self-taught person still uses books, videos, and other people's work — they just did not follow a formal course.

Though actually不過其實， almost nobody幾乎沒有人 in a total vacuum是在完全真空裡 learns學東西的。 A self-taught person一個 self-taught 的人 still還是 uses會用 books, videos書、影片 and other people's work和別人做出來的東西—— they他們 just只是 did not follow沒有跟著上 a formal course一門正式的課。

Taught is the past form of teach, so the idea is "taught by yourself".

Taught is the past form of teach是 teach 的過去式， so所以 the idea is意思就是 "taught by yourself"自己把自己教會。