隐喻是人类认识世界的过程中所采用的基本认知手段之一。人们以自己熟悉的身体为参照,以经验为认知原型,进而通过隐喻创造新的概念。身体各部位器官中,“脚(foot)”部具有带领身体移动以认识世界的行动能力,这一功能是其他身体器官所没有的。本文主要探讨了“脚(foot)”的原义以及以其为基础映射到别的语义域而得到的隐喻,以“脚(foot)”为切入点有利于更加直观的认识和学习认知隐喻学。 Metaphor is one of the basic cognitive methods used by human beings in understanding the world. People use their familiar body as a reference, experience as a prototype of cognition, and then through metaphor to create new concepts. In all parts of the body, the “foot” department has the ability to move the body to recognize the world, a function not found in other body organs. This paper mainly explores the original meaning of “foot ” and the metaphor that is based on it and maps it to other semantic domains. It is in favor of more intuitive understanding and “foot” Learn cognitive metaphorics.