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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3 f! T( [" }8 n& j& A那么这个 ’s 是不是应该是 does 呢？

$ y: u8 a) s% g+ U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:
$ N4 J* \0 \8 s, Q2 z9 h2 N"That means ..........."
Then you will understand " 这个 's  应该是 does "
把 does 省略成 's 不少见:
What's it like?
* x6 b/ e( ]: x  f1 M$ aWhat's he eat?
0 J- c/ D& M+ U4 K% }What's she look like?

雲吞

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翠花

原帖由 雲吞 于 2009-3-23 13:55 发表
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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

0 n" z; q; |+ Q' Y+ e- [. O1. 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
: X( {" V) O, q- F: y1 b+ D"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！

% W" J1 W  J; Q/ Y) gwhat's that mean?
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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。
* |: `3 W5 X  \+ X5 }4 ?2 ^+ b3 ]所以还应该是 What does that mean?

Touareg

原帖由 WHMIS 于 2009-3-23 18:40 发表
& m6 V( W2 y7 u; b5 X+ r8 k! |& SWhat's
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1. contraction of what is or what has: What's the matter? What's been done?  
4 v: p& Q5 S6 d( }! N* C! v, P( D2. contraction of what does: What's she do for a living?

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% M& C6 h4 b- V* N% j. b; G7 T如果加上出处就更好了，