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

7 z. h: V. n% C, z  V4 a% K那么这个 ’s 是不是应该是 does 呢？

5 G1 Y$ j1 |, P& `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:
7 ?% y* A; H3 `"That means ..........."
) ^! B; o# H) w- `7 n" Q' d1 ?Then you will understand " 这个 's  应该是 does "
把 does 省略成 's 不少见:
# ~4 k. E2 h/ }2 U) wWhat'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

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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what's that mean?
3 |# ]; N9 p8 I# E2 p4 O( `what does that mean?

WHMIS

What's
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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
5 |% S! Q" D7 ~0 M9 U$ C"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.

$ M* p( n' r  X% G( L9 A2 `/ B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
$ ^$ F) v- z0 w4 ~5 G+ O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！

+ d" d% J% J* j6 M3 u. lwhat's that mean?
what does that mean?

0 d7 p0 k4 O$ K% E1 T7 S- P% w* k8 S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。
所以还应该是 What does that mean?

Touareg

原帖由 WHMIS 于 2009-3-23 18:40 发表
1 \7 ]( G; E; DWhat's

7 P. H% Y& `7 M8 _7 b/ u5 T3 w2 y1. 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?

) j2 ]- t' N+ R3 k$ y如果加上出处就更好了，