mental
US: /ˈmɛntəɫ/
UK: /mˈɛntəl/
UK: /mˈɛntəl/
English Vietnamese dictionary
mental /'mentl/
- tính từ
- (y học) (thuộc) cằm
- (y học) (thuộc) cằm
- tính từ
- (thuộc) tâm thần, (thuộc) tinh thần
- a mental patient: người mắc bệnh tâm thần
- (thuộc) trí tuệ, (thuộc) trí óc
- the mental powers: năng lực trí tuệ
- (thuộc) tâm thần, (thuộc) tinh thần
- danh từ
- người mắc bệnh tâm thần, người điên
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective
1 [usually before noun] connected with or happening in the mind; involving the process of thinking: the mental process of remembering + Do you have a mental picture of what it will look like? + I must make a mental note to talk to her about it. + He has a complete mental block (= difficulty in understanding or remembering) when it comes to physics. + The experience caused her huge amounts of mental suffering.
2 [usually before noun] connected with the state of health of the mind or with the treatment of illnesses of the mind: mental health + a mental disorder / illness / hospital + She was suffering from physical and mental exhaustion. + The analysis of dreams can reveal details of a person's mental state.
Compare: PSYCHIATRIC
3 [not usually before noun] (BrE, slang) crazy: Watch him. He's mental. + My dad will go mental (= be very angry) when he finds out.
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 intellectual, cognitive, cerebral, perceptual, rational, conceptual, theoretical, noetic, abstract:
The boy staggered us with his ability to perform rapid mental arithmetical calculations
2 lunatic, mad, crazy, psychotic, demented, mentally ill, unstable, unbalanced, deranged, disturbed, daft, certifiable, Slang off one's rocker, nutty, batty, balmy or barmy, loony, screwy, bonkers, crackers, nuts, bananas, loco:
My great-aunt has gone a bit mental in her old age.
Concise English dictionary
'mentl
adj.
+involving the mind or an intellectual process
+of or relating to the mind
+of or relating to the chin- or liplike structure in insects and certain mollusks
+of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw
+affected by a disorder of the mind
