由于文化传统、地理环境和文化心理有异,很多英汉动物词的文化意义上差异较大,容易造成理解和表达上的错误。本文试图就文化动物词的文化成因、总数及不同文化动物词语的文化意义进行对比与分析,并提出了理解动物词语的文化意义对跨文化交际的启示。 Due to the differences of cultural tradition, geographical environment and cultural psychology, many English-Chinese animal words have great differences in cultural meanings, which easily leads to errors in understanding and expression. This article attempts to compare and analyze the cultural causes of cultural animal words, the total number and the cultural meanings of different cultural animal terms, and puts forward the enlightenment of understanding the cultural meaning of animal words to intercultural communication.