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

! w8 R- ~3 U0 g/ x2 u那么这个 ’s 是不是应该是 does 呢？
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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:
"That means ..........."
Then you will understand " 这个 's  应该是 does "
* S9 K1 x7 E( D  i% B( Z4 ]把 does 省略成 's 不少见:
0 e1 G7 M8 h0 T" f3 IWhat's it like?
/ G  a: f( j1 G% ]1 K) QWhat's he eat?
What's she look like?

雲吞

   淆习了

翠花

原帖由 雲吞 于 2009-3-23 13:55 发表
   淆习了

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 does that mean?

WHMIS

What's

1. contraction of what is or what has: What's the matter? What's been done?  
7 _7 f6 V. [+ |9 r2. 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
! ~! j' I% m7 R/ O5 J, r: N' ]"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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说这是英式口语的缩写，不知然否

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！
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2 u" V* z" M+ x: Ewhat's that mean?
what does that mean?

" H# y- a2 V9 _3 ?" i6 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。
9 c0 I1 J* |7 `3 T! [, |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

1. contraction of what is or what has: What's the matter? What's been done?  
# }. p) x" ]: B2. contraction of what does: What's she do for a living?

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2 S8 U$ ~7 `5 _2 Y- F如果加上出处就更好了，