喜樂美語

核心畫面

You can hold one picture: 'mental' means 'belonging to the mind' — things that happen inside your head rather than out in the world. From there it splits two ways. In careful, normal English it stays close to that picture: your mind's health, your thinking, a note or a block that lives only in your head. But in very informal British speech the same 'of the mind' took a darker, then wilder turn — 'his mind isn't right' → 'crazy' → 'wild, mad, totally over-the-top' — so 'go mental' and 'it was mental' describe people or scenes that feel out of control.

可以抓住一個畫面：mental 指「屬於心智的」——發生在你腦袋裡、而不是外在世界裡的事。從這裡分成兩條路。在一般正…更多收起可以抓住一個畫面：mental 指「屬於心智的」——發生在你腦袋裡、而不是外在世界裡的事。從這裡分成兩條路。在一般正式的英語裡，它緊貼這個畫面：你心理的健康、你的思考、只存在腦中的一個記號或一個卡住的地方。但在很口語的英式說法裡，同樣的「屬於心智的」卻往一個比較負面、再到比較誇張的方向走——「他腦子不太對」→「瘋了」→「狂、扯、整個失控」——所以 go mental、it was mental 就用來形容那種像是失控的人或場面。

Two branches

心智層面（中性）

這一族就是核心畫面本身：凡是發生在腦袋裡、跟思考或心理狀態有關的，都歸這裡。

of the mind · adjective · B2

Relating to thinking and the mind, or happening only inside the mind.

心智的

瘋狂・失控（英式口語）

從「屬於心智的」滑向「腦子不對勁」，再放大成「瘋、扯、失控」——是同一個核心被口語往負面、誇張的方向拉。

crazy/silly (informal) · adjective · B2

Acting in a way that seems crazy, silly, or strange (very informal, British).

（瘋瘋的、誇張的）

原始詞典資料15 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

mentaladj詞源 1/ˈmɛn.təl/

  • 1

    Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality.

    • 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 mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality.

    • mental science
  • 3

    Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality.

    • mental acuity
  • 4

    Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality.

    • 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.
  • 5

    Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality.

    • the distinction between physical things and mental ideas
  • 6

    Of, relating to, or affected by a psychiatric disorder.

    • a mental patient
  • 7

    Of, relating to, or affected by a psychiatric disorder.

    • mental hospitals
  • 8

    datedOf, relating to, or affected by a psychiatric disorder.

    • He is the most mental freshman I've seen yet.
    • He went mental on us.
另外 2 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    Enjoyable or fun, especially in a frenetic way.

    • That was a mental party last night.
  • 10

    Of or relating to telepathic or mind-reading powers.

    • mental telepathy

mentalnoun詞源 1/ˈmɛn.təl/

  • 1

    slangState of mind; ellipsis of mental state.

    • y'all need to fix your mentals
  • 2

    offensiveA mentally challenged person.

mentaladj詞源 2/ˈmɛn.təl/

  • 1

    anatomymedicinesciencesOf or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw, genial.

    • the mental nerve, the mental region
  • 2

    biologynatural-sciencesOf or relating to the chinlike or liplike structure.

mentalnoun詞源 2/ˈmɛn.təl/

  • 1

    biologynatural-scienceszoologyA plate or scale covering the mentum or chin of a fish or reptile.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。