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Usages of the Animal Words in English

　　【】In every language，there are many animal words，among them some have been endowed the analogical meanings beyond the original meanings with the development of the language itself.Further more，these words are sometimes been used as a verb or a fixed phrase as well as a noun.This article just discusses the usages of the animal words in English based on the cultural background，with the analogical meaning of the words.

　　In our living circumstances there are all sorts of animals，which have quite close relations with our human being.Consequently，with the development of the language，many animal words with or without analogical meanings have come into the languages under the different cultural backgrounds.Therefore how to understand them and how to use them are sometimes became

　　complicated to the foreign language learners.The following is some usages of the animal words in English.

　　Ⅰ.Many animal words can be used in the form of metaphors or similes，because of the similarities between mankind and animals.Thus，the language will appear vivid and dynamic.

　　Let’s analyze some of these usages as follow：

　　1）Used in a noun form

　　E.g.（1）as bold ＼brave as a lion

　　（2）as free as a bird

　　（3）as mischievous as a monkey

　　（4）as hungry as a hawk ＼bear ＼wolf

　　（5）The wolf and the pig struggled together in his face.（a description of greedy countenance）

　　（6）Isn’t that a duck （cuteness）of a kitchen？

　　2）Used in a verb form

　　E.g.（1）to fish in trouble water

　　（2）He wormed （creep）into our confidence.

　　（3）Don’t monkey （fiddle＼tease）with the new radio.

　　（4）Misfortune dogged （follow）him at every turn.

　　（5）Jack snaked （wind）his way through the crowd.

　　Other usages

　　to fox ─to cheat to mouse ─ to peek

　　to wolf ─ to devour to ostrich ─ to cheat oneself

　　to peacock ─ to flaunt to crab ─ to rampage

　　to ape ─ to imitate to pig ─ to crowd

　　3）Used in an adjectival form

　　E.g.（1）It is a lamb （thin）excuse.

　　（2）We all dislike his bearish （clumsy）manner.

　　（3）She turned to me with a sheepish （shy）smile.

　　（4）A snaky （scheming）look came to his face.

　　4）Some animal words are used in a fixed sentence or phrase，which has a certain moral，such as proverbs and idioms as follows. 　　E.g.（1）A leopard never changes his spots.

　　─ The basic character or human nature of a person can not change

　　（2）You cannot turn geese into swans.

　　─ Can't exaggerate excessively

　　（3）to put the cart before horse

　　─ to do something in disorder

　　（4）One must howl with the wolves.

　　─ Do at Rome as the Romans do.

　　Ⅱ.Some animal words are also used in the form of metonymy.Some animals may have certain relation with some kind of people or objects，and gradually，these animals just used to refer to these people or objects.

　　E.g.（1）the Swan of Avon ─ Shakespeare

　　（2）rain cats and dogs ─ heavy rain （ in English people deem that the wizard who make rain can transform himself into cat； the dog is considered the emissary of wind-god.）

　　（3）butterfly ─ a beauty who is good at flirt in public occasion

　　（4）kangaroo ─ Australian

　　Ⅲ.In English there are many onomatopoeias of animals’ sounds.

　　E.g.The bird twitters＼tills.The dog barks.

　　The bull＼elephant bellows.The sheep bleats.

　　The bee buzzes.The snake hisses.

　　The cat purrs.The duck quacks.

　　Some of them used to symbolize the similar human voices or behaviors.

　　E.g.cackle （of goose）─ foolish and useless talk

　　screech（of owl）─ sharp note of terror or pain

　　jabber（of monkey）─ quick and unclear speech

　　gobble（of turkey）─ frankly speaking

　　Ⅳ.Many phrases of animal’s organs also used as fixed phrases.Some of them have analogical meanings； some just represent certain objects.

　　1）The organ words with analogical meanings

　　E.g.eagle＼hawk-eyed ─ sharp-eyed

　　hen-hearted ─ timid

　　lion's mouth ─ a dangerous place

　　cat's paw ─ a person controlled by others

　　dog-eye ─ a blame or plea countenance

　　horseback ─ doing something without contemplate

　　horse feathers ─ nonsense； worthless things

　　2）The organ words referring to certain objects

　　E.g.cock eye ─斗?u眼

　　cock-tail─鸡尾酒

　　cat's-eye ─猫眼石

　　rabbit-ears ─兔耳形室内天线

　　Ⅴ.Some animal words seem very unfamiliar to us because they came from foreign languages，for example，Taurus and Pisces of the zodiac.Taurus，in Latin means bull，so bullfighting

　　also called tauromachy.Many chemistry words also use it，such as taurochollicacid （牛磺胆酸）Pisces also from Latin is the plural form of fish.Words like pisciculture（养鱼术），poscovorous（吃鱼的），piscary（渔场），etc.are all formed according to this word Language is the spirit of the culture.Animal words in English seem simple but sometimes it is difficult to understand them properly.Even a simple-looked word may have complex usages.If we want to use a language exactly and perfectly，above all，we must comprehend its history，culture，customs，mentality and religions well.

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