Abstract: Nowadays, with the development of globalization, English has become the most important tool all around the world. It is widely acknowledged that vocabulary plays a significant role in foreign language learning. Whether a second language learner learns the language well or not depends on how well he or she masters vocabulary. Without vocabulary, language will lose its meaning. English vocabulary acquisition has a very important position in the language. A lot of people spend a lot of time and effort in the vocabulary memorization, but gain little.
    Therefore, it is significant to study the application of metaphor in English vocabulary acquisition. This paper is composed of five parts. The first part introduces studies of metaphor at home and aboard. The second part introduces the definition of metaphor under the cognitive perspective. The third part includes the introductions and the application of  metaphor under the cognitive perspective in English vocabulary acquisition. The fourth part shows the significance of the culture in metaphorical thinking under the cognitive perspective. The fifth part shows the difficulties and the application of English vocabulary acquisition. The last part is the conclusion. This paper uses metaphorical thinking method in the English vocabulary memory, designs to help students break through the bottleneck of traditional learning vocabulary, so as to grasp the word easily and improve the standard of English rapidly.
Key words: cognitive perspective; metaphor; metaphorical thinking; vocabulary acquisition

摘  要：如今，随着全球化的发展，英语在世界各地已成为最重要的交流工具。众所周知，在外语学习中，词汇起着重要的作用。第二语言学习者学习语言的好与否取决于学习者掌握的词汇。没有词汇，语言就失去了意义。英语词汇习得在语言中具有非常重要的地位。很多人在词汇记忆中耗费了大量的时间和精力却收获不大。
    因此，隐喻在英语词汇习得中的应用研究具有重要意义。本文由五个部分组成。第一部分介绍隐喻在国内外的研究；第二部分介绍认知角度下隐喻的定义。第三部分包括认知角度下隐喻的介绍及其在英语词汇中的应用；第四部分介绍认知角度下培养隐喻思维的意义；第五部分介绍隐喻在词汇学习中应用的困难及对策；最后一部分是结论。本文介绍了将隐喻思维运用于英语词汇记忆的方法，旨在帮助学习者突破传统学习词汇的瓶颈，从而达到轻松地掌握单词，迅速提高英语水平的目的。
关键词：认知角度；隐喻；隐喻思维；词汇习得