隐喻是词义发展、变化和引申的重要手段,也是英语新词产生的重要途径。因此,英语词汇的教与学不是简单地对词汇字面意义进行解读的过程,而是输入信息与学习者头脑中已有的知识的动态交互过程。在分析了隐喻在英语词汇中的重要作用后,本文试图探讨隐喻如何能更好地指导英语词汇教学。 Metaphor is an important means of developing, changing and extending lexical meaning. It is also an important way to generate new English words. Therefore, the teaching and learning of English vocabulary is not a process of simply reading the literal meaning of the vocabulary, but a dynamic interaction between the input information and the existing knowledge in the learner’s mind. After analyzing the important role of metaphor in English vocabulary, this article attempts to explore how metaphor can better guide English vocabulary teaching.