英语中的touch动词意义除了表示用手或者身体某部分触摸之外,还有许多其他的义项及其搭配,例如You have hardly touched your food,Her story touched us deeply等。Touch的意义在这些搭配中已不停留在触觉领域而是映射到其他领域。因为其搭配已经成为日常用语的一部分,所以人们常常会忽略它的隐喻性。隐喻作为人们认知的重要途径和手段,对语言的变迁和一词多义也有着重要的影响。 In English, the meaning of touch verbs in addition to that part of the touch by hand or body, there are many other senses and their mix, such as You have hardly touched your food, Her story touched us deeply. The meaning of Touch in these collocation has not stopped in the touch area but mapped to other areas. Because of its collocation has become a part of everyday language, so people often overlook its metaphor. Metaphor, as an important way and means of people’s cognition, also has an important influence on the change of language and the polysemy.