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

5 z9 M9 L" R4 q那么这个 ’s 是不是应该是 does 呢？
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5 U: W1 F" R6 K; E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:
6 h/ l, P' ~+ U4 @+ J, X( n"That means ..........."
Then you will understand " 这个 's  应该是 does "
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What's it like?
. R  D6 }$ W. m. n8 ~What's he eat?
5 n' j; ?; {) C6 }2 T3 oWhat's she look like?

雲吞

   淆习了

翠花

原帖由 雲吞 于 2009-3-23 13:55 发表
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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 does that mean?

WHMIS

What's
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) K7 I3 u" ^; I1. contraction of what is or what has: What's the matter? What's been done?  
0 B7 X# l: m+ B2. 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
$ g  T9 l- \  [: c/ l! h2 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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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
5 G0 g( N# T2 y# }- i& N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?
5 B. {+ B$ J0 B) }) o( n3 Hwhat does that mean?

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
What's

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?

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如果加上出处就更好了，