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

那么这个 ’s 是不是应该是 does 呢？

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km8831

唔係太了解問什麼
抱歉

Xbfeng

The reply should be:
"That means ..........."
8 [  O' n& s' r  ?Then you will understand " 这个 's  应该是 does "
把 does 省略成 's 不少见:
; b5 X6 m4 {( ?# ^0 KWhat's it like?
9 ^& ~: }* r8 [1 @/ B5 y! `. j& LWhat's he eat?
! S  I' d4 p1 s* y, zWhat's she look like?

雲吞

   淆习了

翠花

原帖由 雲吞 于 2009-3-23 13:55 发表
& t* D$ I4 m& d6 J* H. `9 O! G    淆习了

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7 ~. z: j0 Y4 b% a1 R+ Z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
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) W: K6 _- z7 k( L/ a1. contraction of what is or what has: What's the matter? What's been done?  
6 M, ^2 }9 |$ g4 N0 m( ~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
1 k# P% T8 l4 Y"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
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?

3 L, |% o9 H+ K. E' O  K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。
; K2 o2 X; P! `# _9 x. k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
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1. contraction of what is or what has: What's the matter? What's been done?  
- k  ?! ?% E4 G8 F2. contraction of what does: What's she do for a living?

如果加上出处就更好了，