斗牛是西班牙一个极具特色的传统活动,也是理解其民族性格和语言的一个关键的文化象征符号。斗牛文化已经深入西班牙人语言意识的深处,影响了西班牙人的审美、道德以及民族性格。跟斗牛相关的术语和词汇数目众多,很多词汇在语言中逐渐获得了象征含义,并且以象征、隐喻等方式自然而然地形成了众多的熟语,大量应用到日常生活对话、报纸杂志、文学创作等的语言当中。本文对西班牙的斗牛文化以及同它相关的象征、隐喻和熟语进行了分析。 Bullfighting is a characteristic traditional event in Spain and a key symbol of cultural understanding of its national character and language. Bullfighting culture has gone deep into the depths of Hispanic language awareness, affecting the Spanish aesthetic, moral and national character. There are many terms and vocabulary related to bullfighting. Many of these terms have gradually gained symbolic meanings in the language, and naturally many idioms have been formed by means of symbols, metaphors, etc., and they have been widely applied to daily life conversations, newspapers, magazines and literary works Language. This article analyzes the culture of bullfighting in Spain and its associated symbols, metaphors and idioms.