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

, b0 P' l) Y* A8 o* y, Q那么这个 ’s 是不是应该是 does 呢？

& |7 @5 u* r/ \& V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:
) i5 S1 c% q- D8 Z"That means ..........."
; ]% ?4 c: Y  n& f8 kThen you will understand " 这个 's  应该是 does "
把 does 省略成 's 不少见:
What'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
3 @3 W# c) r6 S6 Q    淆习了

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& z+ `' A3 [# E. E" Z  H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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1. contraction of what is or what has: What's the matter? What's been done?  
  ^1 ~8 T0 Z( }, c1 A2. 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
, H/ A5 N3 K2 r& q# o" q( u"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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3 H7 U0 u+ |% _) r, r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
: Y. \' q( V$ q! I5 r5 e8 S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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8 E' ]0 }3 ?$ u" Z# l1 p5 d, A; }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。
7 B" M# h3 U3 }+ a8 X" j* S6 E所以还应该是 What does that mean?

Touareg

原帖由 WHMIS 于 2009-3-23 18:40 发表
9 Q" M' U5 U* c$ i$ i" V: d1 ~What's
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  Q0 M# ]+ \9 f9 ^1 F0 a1. 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?

如果加上出处就更好了，