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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% k3 W) Y! \6 L! \+ F5 k0 q' T% k但似乎把 does 省略成 ’s 比较少见

km8831

唔係太了解問什麼
抱歉

Xbfeng

The reply should be:
9 \4 `/ q$ l5 i"That means ..........."
Then you will understand " 这个 's  应该是 does "
9 t5 E) ^! l) K( s8 O把 does 省略成 's 不少见:
What's it like?
8 ^+ A7 _8 G% F8 `What's he eat?
2 Z3 W' p; E9 D5 ]5 \; lWhat'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 does that mean?

WHMIS

What's

# ^) v4 R  |* X8 N1 P% }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
% q& t/ n( H: k& l7 H1 M: t, B"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.

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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what's that mean?
, c2 T; L: m, O: Ywhat does that mean?

9 A9 f  A5 w/ |: E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。
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Touareg

原帖由 WHMIS 于 2009-3-23 18:40 发表
8 Z% t& E. Q' w* d! t! ?  b' NWhat's

" n1 v7 s) d4 }- _! ~  G1. contraction of what is or what has: What's the matter? What's been done?  
4 Q$ q1 o8 w4 K+ o- h+ T2. contraction of what does: What's she do for a living?

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如果加上出处就更好了，