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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km8831

唔係太了解問什麼
抱歉

Xbfeng

The reply should be:
$ |+ }% e5 \$ U! H# K$ X) Y% A"That means ..........."
Then you will understand " 这个 's  应该是 does "
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What's it like?
What's he eat?
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雲吞

   淆习了

翠花

原帖由 雲吞 于 2009-3-23 13:55 发表
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8 f; V9 P. K$ ]/ Z2 P. I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

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
3 w  C( n* s/ F8 I# c# X0 P+ H"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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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
9 M5 ]8 N4 l# C; t& J6 zWhat's

2 a4 n& F$ W1 v8 [1 T7 v' i1. contraction of what is or what has: What's the matter? What's been done?  
( a& x: |' ]6 [; d- t) S0 s) ]" k2. contraction of what does: What's she do for a living?

# _: O7 d6 J! w% r' R如果加上出处就更好了，