词汇量是制约外语学习效率的最重要的因素。而从我国多数学生的英语学习词汇掌握的策略来看,把单词的记忆变成了单独的行为。本文拟从认知语言学的隐喻的角度探讨大学英语词汇教学的有效途径,提出了运用隐喻理论如何进行基本范畴词汇,基本词汇和多义词的学习。 Vocabulary is the most important factor that restricts the efficiency of foreign language learning. From the majority of our students learn the vocabulary of English learning strategy, the memory of the word into a separate act. This paper attempts to explore the effective ways of college English vocabulary teaching from the perspective of metaphor of cognitive linguistics and put forward how to use metaphorical theory to learn basic category vocabulary, basic vocabulary and polysemous words.