摘要 

动物词是中西文化的重要组成部分。但相同的动物词可能具有不同的表面涵义和深层涵义，不同的词汇也有可能具有相同的涵义。本文将从历史背景、地理环境、风俗习惯等方面进行深入的研究。另外，这篇论文将通过多组对比来解释动物词汇不同的涵义。并分析动物词在中西文化中存在差异的原因，从而帮助读者更好的理解这些动物词的文化涵义，合理运用于实际生活中。

关键词:中西方动物词；文化涵义差异；历史背景；地理环境；文化风俗

Contents

Abstract II

1. Introduction 2

1.1 Background of the research 2

1.2 The significance and purpose of writing 2

1.3 The overall structure of this thesis 3

2. Literature Review 3

2.1 The definition of words containing animal 4

2.2 The definition of cultural meaning 4

2.3 The definition of inner meaning of words and surface meaning of words 4

3. Different forms of cultural meaning of words containing animal 5

3.1. Consistent meaning 5

3.1.1 Completely coincident 5

3.1.2 Partly coincident 6

3.2. Different meaning 7

3.2.1 Different surface meaning 7

3.2.2 Different inner meaning 7

4. Suggestions for understanding animals’ words 12

4.1 Connect with culture background 12

4.2 Conform to the geographical environment 12

4.3 Associate with value standards 13

5. Conclusion 13

Bibliography 14

Acknowledgements 15