mental

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. State of mind; ellipsis of mental state. slang
    — y'all need to fix your mentals
  2. A plate or scale covering the mentum or chin of a fish or reptile.
  3. A mentally challenged person. India,offensive
形容词 adj.
  1. Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality.; Occurring or experienced in the mind. relational
    — I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera,[…], the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis, the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!
  2. Of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw, genial. not-comparable,relational
    — the mental nerve, the mental region
  3. Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality.; Relating to the mind, its activity, or its products as an object of study. relational
    — mental science
  4. Of or relating to the chinlike or liplike structure. not-comparable,relational
  5. Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality.; Of or relating to intellectual as contrasted with emotional activity. relational
    — mental acuity
  6. Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality.; Of, relating to, or being intellectual as contrasted with overt physical activity. relational
    — Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.
  7. Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality.; Relating to spirit or idea as opposed to matter. relational
    — the distinction between physical things and mental ideas
  8. Of, relating to, or affected by a psychiatric disorder.
    — a mental patient
  9. Of, relating to, or affected by a psychiatric disorder.; Intended for the care or treatment of persons affected by psychiatric disorders. relational
    — mental hospitals
  10. Of, relating to, or affected by a psychiatric disorder.; Mentally disordered; insane, mad, crazy. Australia,Canada,Ireland,New-Zealand,UK
    — He is the most mental freshman I've seen yet.
  11. Enjoyable or fun, especially in a frenetic way. Australia,Ireland,New-Zealand,UK,colloquial
    — That was a mental party last night.
  12. Of or relating to telepathic or mind-reading powers.
    — mental telepathy

词形变化

more mental comparative most mental superlative mentals plural mentals plural

词汇关系

衍生词
alpha-thalassemia mental retardation syndrome amental bimental extramental go mental intermental intramental mental aberration mental acrobatics mental age mental arithmetic mental asylum mental block mental breakdown mental calculation mental calculator mental case mentalcel mental cleft mental cruelty mental deficient mental disease mental disorder mental-disordered mental disturbance mentalese mental gymnast mental gymnastics mental health mental home mental hospital mental hotel mental hygiene mental illness mental image mental inquest warrant mental institution mentalisation mentalism mentalist mentality mentalization mentalize mentalise mentally mental masturbation mental math mental mediumship mental midget mental model mental patient mental plane mental reservation mental retardation mentastics neuromental nonmental physico-mental physiomental positive mental attitude psychomental supramental inframental basilomental cardosubmental cervicomental corneomental frontomental gulamental hyomental labiomental mental artery mental foramen mental nerve mental protuberance nasomental occipitomental palmomental pollicomental postmental premental sternomental submental thyromental verticomental

词源

词源 1
Borrowing from Middle French mental, from Late Latin mentālis, from mēns (“mind, disposition; heart, soul”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *men-
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *mn̥tós
Proto-Italic *məntom
Latin mentum
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
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Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
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Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English mental
c. 1727, from Latin mentum (“the chin”) + -al.
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