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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary men·tal
ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Late Latin mentalis, from Latin ment-, mens mind — more at mind DATE 15th century 1. a. of or relating to the mind; specifically : of or relating to the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality mental health b. of or relating to intellectual as contrasted with emotional activity c. of, relating to, or being intellectual as contrasted with overt physical activity d. occurring or experienced in the mind : inner mental anguish e. relating to the mind, its activity, or its products as an object of study : ideological f. relating to spirit or idea as opposed to matter 2. a. (1) of, relating to, or affected by a psychiatric disorder a mental patient mental illness (2) mentally disordered : mad , crazy b. intended for the care or treatment of persons affected by psychiatric disorders mental hospitals 3. of or relating to telepathic or mind-reading powers
adjective ETYMOLOGY Latin mentum chin — more at mouth DATE circa 1727 : of or relating to the chin : genial English Etymology mental early 15c., from M.Fr . mental, from L.L. mentalis "of the mind," from L. mens (gen. mentis) "mind," from PIE base *men- "to think" (cf. Skt. matih "thought, mind," Goth. gamunds, O.E.gemynd "memory, remembrance," Mod.Eng. mind). Meaning "crazy, deranged" is from 1927.http://M.Fr Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ☞ mental men·tal / 5mentl / adjective1. [usually before noun] connected with or happening in the mind; involving the process of thinking 思想的；精神的；思考的；智力的: the mental process of remembering 记忆的心理过程 Do you have a mental picture of what it will look like? 在你脑子里它会是什么样子？ I made a mental note to talk to her about it. 我记着要去和她谈谈这事儿。 He has a complete mental block (= difficulty in understanding or remembering) when it comes to physics. 他对物理一窍不通。 2. [usually before noun] connected with the state of health of the mind or with the treatment of illnesses of the mind 精神病治疗的；精神健康的 SYN psychological :
mental health 精神健康 a mental disorder / illness / hospital 精神紊乱/病 / 病院 She was suffering from physical and mental exhaustion. 她当时已经是精疲力竭。 ⇨ compare psychiatric 3. [not usually before noun] (BrE, slang) crazy 疯狂；发疯: Watch him. He's mental. 小心,他疯了。 My dad will go mental (= be very angry) when he finds out. 我父亲要是发现了,他会气疯的。 Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition adj. Function: adjective 1 of or relating to the mind FF1C;the mental aspects of the problemFF1E; Synonyms: cerebral, intellective, intellectual, psychic, psychical, psychological Related Words: immaterial, inner, spiritual; telepathic; intelligent, rational, reasoning, thinking; ideological Contrasted Words: bodily, corporal, corporeal, physical, somatic; perceptive; sensual, sensuous ||2 Synonyms: INSANE 1, ||fruitty, ||loco, lunatic, mad, maniac, mindless, non compos mentis, nuts, nutsyWebster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged men·tal I. \ˈmentəl\ adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Late Latin mentalis, from Latin ment-, mens mind + -alis -al — more at mind 1. : of or relating to mind: as a. : relating to the integrated activity of an organism; specifically :relating to the total emotional and intellectual response of an organism to its environment < the role played by the comics in the mental life of the children — Winfred Overholser > < found him in a terrible mental state — very depressed and even panicky > < the mental set of an individual > b. : of or relating to intellectual as contrasted with emotional activity : of or relating to the process or mode of thought or capacity for thought < free from any mental defects > < racial explanations of the mental character of the Greeks — Benjamin Farrington > < note what mental level you are on with that person — W.J.Reilly > < mental exertions > c. : of, relating to, or being intellectual as contrasted with overt physical activity < mental work > < made swift mental calculations > d. : occurring or experienced in the mind : not voiced or given other sensory expression : inner < mental reservations > < filled it for him, under mental protest — George Meredith > < refusal to shape either the words or the mental images of prayer — Frank Yerby > < mental anguish > e. : relating to or concerned with mind, its activity, or its products as an object of study : relating to or concerned with ideology : ideological < exercised a great influence on the philosophy of history, the study of jurisprudence, politics, and indeed on all the mentalsciences — Frank Thilly > < the whole of mental science — William James > f. : relating to or being spirit or idea as opposed to matter : immaterial , spiritual , ideal < the distinction between physical things and mental ideas — J.W.Yolton > < your mind is mental, but that which you perceive with your senses is also mental — Encore > 2. a. (1) : of, relating to, or affected by mental deficiency or any of a variety of psychiatric disorders < a mental patient > < a mental case > (2) : wacky , crazy < are mental from birth … and every so often go quite round the bend — Rose Macaulay > < anyone who isn't mental can see it's a bowl — Anthony West > — often used in the phrase go mental < was going a bit mental from old age — Nevil Shute > < when people go mental they nearly always turn against their nearest … relations — Rosamond Lehmann > b. : intended for or devoted to the care or treatment of persons affected by psychiatric disorders < a mental hospital > < the qualified psychiatric nurse in Britain is officially registered as a registered mental nurse — Trained Nurse & Hospital Review > 3. : relating to or marked by possession or display of telepathic, mind-reading, or other occult powers < set up the stage for the mental act — W.L.Gresham > < the greatest mental medium of all time — Hereward Carrington > Synonyms: intelligent , intellectual , cerebral , psychic : mental indicates a connection with or emphasis on the mind as a center of rational activity; it contrasts matters emotional or physical < she writes straight from the emotions; nothing mental ever gets in her way — Anita Loos > < if from any bodily or mental defect the eldest son is disqualified for ruling — J.G.Frazer > < completed the banishment of natural appearances from the art of painting, substituting therefor a mental world of geometrical derivatives — F.J.Mather > intelligent indicates a degree of mental power enabling a person or animal to appraise a situation and make a variety of sound or acceptable decisions; it often contrasts with stupid or silly < intelligent self-interest should lead to a careful consideration of what the road is able to do without ruin — O.W.Holmes †1935 > < friends who were a little more intelligent and would understand — John Hersey > intellectual may indicate connection with the higher powers of the mind; it may contrast with emotional and may suggest a noticeable scope, depth, or complexity < words have an emotional and imaginative, as well as an intellectual context — J.L.Lowes > < a scientist is known not by his technical processes but by his intellectual processes — F.W.Peabody > intellectual may suggest an accustomed or lasting concern with higher challenges to the intellect rather than the acumen displayed in a particular decision < less intellectual and therefore more intelligent in his approach — Edgar Smith > cerebral may suggest cold, analytic intellectual activity or inclination, to the exclusion of the emotional or sensuous < wrote about Catholicism from the cerebral slant of the converted intelligentsia — Book-of-the-Month Club News > psychic suggests reference to the psyche, the inner self, and guides the reader away from notions of the physical, physiological, or organic < not materialist but psychic factors are the decisive forces of history — Time > < I don't accept the idea of psychic diseases analogous to mental diseases — Compton Mackenzie > II. noun (-s) : a mentally disordered person < no mentals had occurred for a hundred years or more — Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction > III. adjective Etymology: Latin mentum chin + English -al; akin to Welsh mant mouth, lip, Latin mont-, mons mountain — more at mount : of or relating to the chin, the median part of the lower jaw, or the mentum of an insect : genial IV. noun (-s) : a plate, scale, or shield (of a fish or reptile) occurring in the mental area |
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