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？

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 ..........."
0 ]# l9 K  M0 xThen you will understand " 这个 's  应该是 does "
: }% |7 F+ e6 @2 o把 does 省略成 's 不少见:
; F% I3 W; Z! b) zWhat's it like?
  V5 B, k" Y4 ]" W8 BWhat'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

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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
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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?

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
7 p# ]$ W- M0 _. p3 f' }"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
- V) N) X7 ]; x( ^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?
what does that mean?

  S, I* m* l$ A' l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

4 `) x3 N' b5 |4 y8 a# T  g; S1. 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?

8 L& c6 C' _" C/ I' n- b8 ], J如果加上出处就更好了，