英汉两种语言中存在许多有关身体器官的转喻用法,生动形象,意义丰富。前人对转喻的研究,经历了从单纯的修辞格到认知机制的认识过程。本文从关联理论角度出发,阐释了身体器官转喻的认知机制及关联效果,揭示了英汉两种语言中身体器官转喻相似性。 There are many metonymic usage of body organs in both English and Chinese languages, vivid images and rich meanings. Previous researches on metonymy have undergone a cognitive process from mere figures of speech to cognitive mechanisms. From the perspective of relevance theory, this paper expounds the cognitive mechanism and the correlation effect of body organ metonymy, and reveals the similarities and differences between metonyms in both Chinese and English languages.