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

+ x' h' |; c# J/ E: H( i( }那么这个 ’s 是不是应该是 does 呢？
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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
抱歉

Xbfeng

The reply should be:
"That means ..........."
5 ]* z; f! y+ r  JThen you will understand " 这个 's  应该是 does "
9 C9 R2 M) L0 ]; c( M( G5 T把 does 省略成 's 不少见:
; _) M$ v4 j9 T  K8 y9 l* iWhat's it like?
What'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！

what's that mean?
what does that mean?

WHMIS

What's

* f3 e. s! }+ J6 y1. contraction of what is or what has: What's the matter? What's been done?  
' Z# `! y, y5 f) l2 l! Q2. 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
" Z8 z5 G/ c+ w, |- h+ H. q6 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.

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
+ Z. T7 @& D8 o3 o+ a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?

9 M0 e( s9 f  d9 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。
) r: R* X/ ^$ v) Z$ C$ n所以还应该是 What does that mean?

Touareg

原帖由 WHMIS 于 2009-3-23 18:40 发表
" Y- o3 v- q% M8 L/ B' J1 rWhat's

1. contraction of what is or what has: What's the matter? What's been done?  
! z. H- h- \( f$ K% X2. 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，