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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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 ..........."
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2 u# `- f" ~( ~2 R# r# p0 _: {- h把 does 省略成 's 不少见:
4 Q) o. Z, ?$ e" ^2 c4 `/ xWhat's it like?
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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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WHMIS

What's

: R/ e$ A+ @/ r- u* Y% J1. contraction of what is or what has: What's the matter? What's been done?  
$ R2 a3 t; I8 A9 ^$ \. m$ \: ?: G2. 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
) [" O- J7 O# ?. e"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
" {9 R/ _* N" |& E9 G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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7 I. y5 p& H7 Y' |8 j- D* S" y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

; p/ c$ V3 N% \: d; L( ?$ d1. 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?

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如果加上出处就更好了，