转喻是一般的语言现象,更是思维和行为方式,其实质是用一个实体来指称另一个与其相关联的实体。本研究从认知角度对英汉“脸、面”词语的转喻进行探讨,通过英汉对比,进一步证实了转喻存在着认知普遍性及文化相对性,反映出人类认知的异同,在一定程度上也弥补了目前对于“脸、面”词语转喻研究的不足。 Metonymy is a general linguistic phenomenon, but also a way of thinking and behavior. Its essence is to use one entity to refer to another entity that is associated with it. This study explores the metonymy of “face and face” in English and Chinese from the perspective of cognition and further confirms the universality of cognition and cultural relativity in metonymy through the comparison of English and Chinese, which reflects the similarities and differences of human cognition, To a certain extent, it also makes up for the current lack of research on the metonymy of “face and face”.