认知语言学认为隐喻不仅是语言现象,而且也是一种思维现象,是人用甲事物来理解和经历乙事物的一种手段。随着认知语言学的发展,现代隐喻研究已经在很大程度上表明,隐喻不仅是修辞手段,而且是人类普遍的思维认知方式。本文对英汉两种语言中与“吃”及“颜色”的有关的隐喻进行对比分析,试了解隐喻的文化内涵。 Cognitive linguistics holds that metaphor is not only a linguistic phenomenon, but also a kind of thinking phenomenon. It is a means for people to understand and experience things through their own affairs. With the development of cognitive linguistics, modern metaphor research has largely demonstrated that metaphor is not only a rhetorical device, but also a universal cognitive way of thinking. This article compares the metaphors of “eating” and “color” in English and Chinese to understand the cultural connotation of metaphor.