What's that mean?

雲吞

我经常听别人这么说，不光是中国人，洋人也这么说
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那么这个 ’s 是不是应该是 does 呢？

/ L  F# u3 E4 Z5 n" f但似乎把 does 省略成 ’s 比较少见

km8831

唔係太了解問什麼
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Xbfeng

The reply should be:
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3 |) d! o/ W( a2 LThen you will understand " 这个 's  应该是 does "
把 does 省略成 's 不少见:
What's it like?
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5 S  ^1 B* N- a3 nWhat's she look like?

雲吞

   淆习了

翠花

原帖由 雲吞 于 2009-3-23 13:55 发表
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不好好xiao习，净整显示图片了～

yoye

为什么是does?我怎么觉得那个该是is阿，mean可以理解成名词！如果理解成动词，does就不该缩写成那样！
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what's that mean?
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WHMIS

What's

1. contraction of what is or what has: What's the matter? What's been done?  
2. contraction of what does: What's she do for a living?

翠花

跟同事讨论了一下，也许是what is it means to be? 把后面的to be省掉了？不过也有老外同事说就是what does的缩写。

billzhao

学习了
- i1 c/ \$ N" D8 {2 `5 S9 T5 t"What's" for "what does" is moderately common in spoken informal BrE, but not all speakers would use it. You would be more likely to hear it in a non-standard variety of British English, for instance.
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sweetspot

either is or does.

Touareg

原帖由 yoye 于 2009-3-23 18:30 发表
为什么是does?我怎么觉得那个该是is阿，mean可以理解成名词！如果理解成动词，does就不该缩写成那样！

what's that mean?
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0 `8 ~3 y" Q- ~那可不是随便理解的事。mean做名词的时候只有中值的意思，意思的名词应该是meaning。
所以还应该是 What does that mean?

Touareg

原帖由 WHMIS 于 2009-3-23 18:40 发表
What's
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1. contraction of what is or what has: What's the matter? What's been done?  
2. contraction of what does: What's she do for a living?

如果加上出处就更好了，