men‧tal S2 W2 AC / mentl / 形容词

1 [仅用于名词前] relating to the health or state of someone’s mind → psychiatric :

The centre provides help for people suffering from mental illness.

Stress has an effect on both your physical and mental health.

2 [仅用于名词前] relating to the mind and thinking, or happening only in the mind :

a child’s mental development

You need to develop a positive mental attitude.

mental picture/image (= a picture that you form in your mind )

I tried to get a mental picture of him from her description.

3 make a mental note to make a special effort to remember something :

Sarah made a mental note to ask Janine about it later.

4 mental block a difficulty in remembering something or in understanding something :

I got a complete mental block as soon as the interviewer asked me a question.

5 go mental British English spoken informal

a) to get very angry

b) to start behaving in an uncontrolled or excited way

6 [名词前不用] British English informal thinking or behaving in a way that seems crazy or strange :

He must be mental!

— mentally 副词 :

I was exhausted, both physically and mentally.